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Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...energy, petrol and food at certain points during these years particularly hit living standards. Figure 2...Week 2: Income, taxation and benefits: 2.1.3 Measuring real incomes - Figure 3 Is your income going up or down in value? Have a go at measuring change in the real value of incomes. Let’s say that your monthly gross income today is £1000. The annual price inflation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...Energy efficiency schemes were devolved in 2016. Health and social services These areas, including the NHS, funding, health education, health services, medicine, public health and mental health were devolved in 1998. Social work was devolved in 1998. Social security benefits were devolved in 2016. Housing All areas, including policy and building control were devolved in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Energy/ LNG-prices-in-Asia-plunge-43-as-new-US-supply-hits-market (accessed: 12 March 2020); ITV News https://www.itv.com/ news/ 2019-09-10/ uk-employment-rate-hits-record-high-as-wages-surge-higher/ (accessed: 12 March 2020) Figure 11 photograph: FLPA/Alamy Stock Photo Figure 12 photograph: Paul Glendell / Alamy Figure 13 photograph: LPETTET / iStock / Getty Images...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...energy supplies, but less worthy with respect to piloting a plane in a crisis situation, or in persuading your child not to harm the neighbour’s pet dog. The aim of Activities 3 and 4 is to illustrate the relationship between a perceived problem situation and the means of making change. The identified problem situation is paramount because it leads on to deciding who...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...energy is characteristic Wilberforce came into Parliament at a time of considerable political turmoil. Eighteenth-century affiliations were fluid in comparison to the modern party system. The labels ‘Whig’ and ‘Tory’ had first emerged in the religious and constitutional conflicts of the late seventeenth century, but had changed their meaning during the course of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...energies of others, have strength of character, yet remain flexible in attitude and be willing to learn new techniques and new skills. (McCall and Lawlor, 2000, cited in Jones and Pound, 2008, p. 1) If you do not already have responsibility for aspects of the provision in your setting, as you become more competent, knowledgeable and experienced as a practitioner, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...energy. The other narratives are more, let’s call it primeval fire. And it speaks of fire as a companion on our journey and something of our shared stewardship with the world around us. I particularly like the kid with the fire stick. No wonder he’s grinning. But how else is he going to learn to burn properly? We need a lot more primeval fire, because fire does...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...energy meters, to ensure they are safe from hackers’ (Loeb, 2017). This indicates that the government had already become aware of the need to prevent unsecured computing devices from connecting to the internet. Another lesson to learn is to properly protect your own network by, for example, checking that a firewall has been correctly installed and set up, being vigilant...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs