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Watch “The Transistor”: a 1953 documentary

This documentary captures a moment in time before the transistor became ubiquitous that was about to bring tremendous change to everyone’s daily lives.

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Living in Germany: Europe’s Shifting Migration Policy

The European Union was built on the principle of freedom of movement. But security politics, xenophobia, unemployment, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine are continuously re-defining migration movements, along with the rules that govern them.

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Education in Brazil: Distance learning grows 474% in a decade

The number of entrants in higher undergraduate courses through distance education (EaD) increased by 474% compared to 23.4% decrease in face-to-face courses.

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Economy in Brazil: Lula elected President

Brazilians voted out their far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after a single term and replaced him with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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Economy in Germany: Skilled Worker shortages costing 86 billion euros per year

According to a new study, nearly 1.9 million skilled worker shortage is costing Germany 86 billion euros each year.

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Listen to “The Future World of Work” chat with Jason Averbook

Listen Jason Averbrook — CEO of Leapgen — talk about what the “The Future of Work” truly will look like, needs to look like and what the implications are for HR, organisations and individuals.

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Economy in Germany: introducing ‘opportunity card’ to bolster workforce

Faced with a critical shortage of skilled labor, Germany is planning to introduce an “opportunity card”(its version of a green card). It aims to make it easier for non-EU nationals to come to find work.

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Economy in Germany: Shortage of Skilled Workers Reaches an All-Time High

According to a new survey by the Ifo Institute, based in Munich, a record 49,7 percent of companies are currently short of workers.

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Economy in Germany: employees cope with workplace stress better than most

A recent poll has revealed that German employees are coping with stress somewhat better than people from other industrialised nations.

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Economy in Germany: The number of births has risen for first time since 2017

New figures from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) show that the number of births in Germany rose slightly in 2021 for the first time since 2017.