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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...Business School, City University London Sterling has fallen to a 35-year low and share prices have taken a hit. Stocks in Asia have plummeted and the UK and US stock futures are tanking, signalling a rough day ahead. According to one projection, a vote to leave will have an even greater impact on other European share markets – with Germany taking the greatest hit. All...
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Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...business. Just try searching Google for the CEO of Apple Computers and biotech firm Genentech founded Calico (est. 2013). It's a company backed by a billion dollars of investment which aims to ‘devise interventions that slow aging and counteract age‑related diseases.’ The millionaire English gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, established the charity which focuses on the...
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Tomlinson, Jim; Phillips, Jim; Wright, Valerie (2022) "De-industrialization: a case study of Dundee, 1951-2001, and its broad implications", Business History, 64 (1), pp. 28–54. Wright, Valerie; Phillips, Jim; Tomlinson, Jim (2021) "Defending the right to work: the 1983 Timex workers' occupation in Dundee", Labour History Review, 86 (1), pp. 63–90....
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Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...busy with COVID-19 related work, while private hospitals in some parts of the world have decided to close or work in a limited way during the pandemic. Finally, reports have suggested that some women might also be reluctant to deliver in hospital due to the fear of contracting COVID-19. While data needs to be collected to understand the scale of COVID-19’s impact, early...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...businesses (Lovejoy, 2010). Upon his death, Equiano’s estate was worth approximately £80,000, which was given to his surviving daughter Joanna Vassa (Lovejoy, 2020) Equiano settled his family in the Cambridgeshire village of Soham after he married local English woman Susannah Cullen of Scottish descent from Ely in 1792 (Downs, 2020). In April 1792 the Stamford Mercury...
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The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...business-woman. Her piano works became extremely popular, and she found a massive following for her compositions among amateur pianists. In the US, her music inspired so much passion that hundreds of Chaminade music clubs were founded. The English composer, conductor, and author Ethel Smyth (1858–1944) was a close contemporary of Chaminade. She wrote and published a...
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AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...business interactions. These hints let services adjust on a deeper level, quietly tuning the way customers engage. For example, by recognising that users with similar professional backgrounds engage with certain job postings, or that sports fans purchase team merchandise when major sporting events approach, companies can deliver timely, relevant recommendations that match...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...businesses that will generate new jobs for workers, while also paying a good amount of taxes to the government. However, other economists, such as French economist Thomas Piketty, have challenged the validity of the Kuznets curve (Piketty, 2006). Activity 3: The Kuznets curve in practice Timing: 3 minutes Figure 4 shows the link between economic growth and income...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs