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Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...energy in acquiring human capital. They thus face lower earnings as a result of having less training and lower skills. Because women themselves choose not to invest in skills and training, their lower earnings would not represent discrimination according to the definition used in this course. Of course, it could be argued that some women decide to focus on their family...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...energies, and the failure of most emerging nationalities in this period to gain control over the territory they inhabited and to construct their own state. The old European empires, although weakening and subject to growing internal strain (particularly in the case of Ottoman Turkey, but also affecting Austria and Russia), held together until the outbreak of the First...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...energy’, subject to safeguard agreements. Reinforces and extends the NPT requirement for safeguards to ensure that nuclear materials and technology are not used for weapons. Requires all parties to ‘pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear disarmament’ (without specifying what those...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...energy transferred to vehicle lightweight: no inner frame needed for the tire/wheel assembly. (NASA, n.d.) NASA’s capacity to be creative in the face of non-negotiable constraints led to the development of a radically different type of tyre. It is not hard to imagine that in the absence of the constraints imposed upon NASA by the rigorous conditions encountered in space...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...energy and emotion, not only for them but for their families as well. One reason for giving children homework is to help schools communicate with parents, and for parents to know more about what their children are learning in school. Parents and teachers can, and should, work together to support children’s learning. Good teachers know that parents are children’s first...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...energy to socialise. 2. They are an unfriendly person that prefers their own company. 3. They had some bad news on the way to the gathering, which they are still thinking about rather than talking to others. 4. They are a shy person that can find it difficult to talk to others. Words: 0 D. You are at a restaurant. The person serving you takes a long time to come to your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...energy knocking on doors, handing out leaflets, and finding tiny babies to kiss. They need to persuade us that they’re the best person for the job of representing us in Parliament. BYSTANDER: Vote for Danny, yeah? WOMAN ON BENCH: Who’s Danny? DANNY: Parliament comes from the French word for Parliament. You’ve not researched this hugely, have you? Leave it, I’m...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...energy cost or fuel cost due to greater efficiency cash flow from the disposal of old equipment working capital released at the end of a project (note this may be lower than the working capital required at the beginning of the project). Box 3 The fallacy of sunk costs The logic of ignoring sunk costs is clear; and taking them into account is called a fallacy – a faulty...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs