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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...systems that both create value and ensure compliance. Then answer the questions that follow. MRS SANI JACKSON: So my job is a regulatory consultant. So I work within a consulting firm, and my main role is, basically, to implement regulatory change in the financial services industry, but also help firms implement compliance policies and procedures. My background, in terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...Systems at Plymouth University. Traditionally among the poorest paid of the workforce, carers are an ever more scarce resource. Policy makers have begun to cast their eyes towards robots as a possible source of compliant and cheaper help. The robots already in production, Belpaeme tells me, are principally geared to monitoring the elderly and infirm, or providing...
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What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...system of values it is understood to embody. In different historical periods, therefore, Europe has been identified as the realm of Christianity and later as the home of science and progress. Different ideas of Europe prevailed during different periods, but they have also left their mark on contemporary conceptions. Europe has often been defined, then, in terms of a...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...systems...Global perspectives on primary education: 2 Primary education: why compare? - [Described image] Figure 1 Children and their Learning Assistant in a classroom in Sierra Leone, Africa. Comparative education studies, broadly speaking, has two strands: large-scale cross-national comparisons that use numerical data to evaluate educational outcomes and achievements;...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...system from heating up without limit. The crucial difference is that much of the re-emitted radiation goes back down and is absorbed by the surface. It is this additional energy input - over and above the absorbed solar radiation - that keeps the Earth's GMST over 30 °C warmer than it otherwise would be. [Figure 7] Figure 7 Schematic representation of the globally...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...systems and language associated with minerals and rocks use the essential terms, concepts and strategies of mineralogy apply knowledge and understanding of the study of rock thin sections using a polarising microscope work with and recognise a variety of minerals and microtextures in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks make systematic descriptions and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...system can’t cope with demand. Now, most countries are not against welfare restrictions. Some central European states do see it as discriminating against their citizens, but it is not unfeasible that Cameron will be able to get a deal. In fact, a timely focus group study revealed that Poles and Bulgarians themselves are not against welfare restrictions in the UK. But...
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Methods in Motion: The magpie
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The magpie

...systemic explanations of how the world is ordered. Rather, I want to see why and how certain themes were used by states (in my case, Iran) in their diplomacy and wider foreign policy. So, I learnt Persian, I went to Iran - I ‘immersed’ myself in the culture of my object of study during my PhD. One might see this as me acting like a true 19th Century orientalist...
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