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Learning to Teach

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Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 07 May 2013
Would you give up a successful broadcasting career to become a teacher? What are the challenges facing modern teachers?

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Learning to Learn

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Introductory Level Duration 80 hours Updated 26 May 2013
Learning and change can mean big decisions and asking important questions. This free online course is a friendly starting point introducing a range of key...

Learning to learn: Exploring learning

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 26 May 2013
Here we encourage you to consider two additional perspectives that can illuminate your learning. The first is the perspective that other people you know can...

Learning to learn: Planning for personal change

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 26 May 2013
Explores academic theories and acts as a guide to help you establish where you want to go and what you want to achieve. You...

Learning to learn: Reflecting backward, reflecting forward

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This unit give you an opportunity to review what you have learned, and allow you to think about how you will take forward what you...

Learning to learn: You and your learning

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 26 May 2013
In this unit, the focus is on the perspective that you have on your own learning. However, as you gather evidence about this perspective,...

Marxism and Marketing

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 29 Jan 2013
What can Marxism teach us about marketing? Is Communist thinking relevant when applied to a modern drink’s marketing strategy?

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol (Develop effective study strategies)

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Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol (Develop effective study strategies) Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 10 hours Updated 26 May 2013
Gall dod i wybod sut rydych yn dysgu eich helpu i ddatblygu technegau astudio sy'n gweddu i'ch anghenion a'r dasg dan sylw. Bydd gwella eich...

The importance of interpersonal skills

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Introductory Level Duration 3 hours Updated 26 May 2013
To succeed in management you need good interpersonal skills, you need to understand how to deal with other people. This unit will help you gain...

Human resources: recruitment and selection

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Intermediate Level Duration 12 hours Updated 26 May 2013
Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you...

Reading evidence

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Introductory Level Duration 12 hours Updated 26 May 2013
What is active reading? It is reading with the aim of understanding and grasping something. While studying this unit, you will be focusing on the...

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Postgraduate Certificate in Development Management

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Duration 600 hours Updated 26 May 2013
What can be done to promote development? This certificate provides a taste of advanced study in development management, while developing your practical and conceptual skills.The...

Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development Management

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Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development Management Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Duration 600 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This qualification will allow you to engage actively with the issues of human rights law, ethics and development in the broader context of business practices.This...

Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Thinking in Practice

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Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Thinking in Practice Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University / Karen Parker
Duration 1200 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This postgraduate diploma teaches practical skills for understanding complexity and taking action in an uncertain world, through applying systems thinking to a range of situations.This...

Digital film school

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Introductory Level Duration 100 hours Updated 26 May 2013 Register by 24 Sep 2013
This practical introduction is suitable for newcomers to video as well as those with some experience of digital film-making, and will develop your skills to produce and...