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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...et al (eds) (2004) Designing a More Inclusive World, Springer-Verlag. Myerson, J. (2001) IDEO: Masters of Innovation, New York, te Neues Publishing Company. Noyes, J. (2001) Designing for Humans (Psychology at Work), Psychology Press. Papanek, V. (1983) Design for Human Scale, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D. (1995) Product Design and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...et al. (2017, p. 988) concluded that this activity has ‘a positive and significant impact on final year academic performance. [The] report estimates in the range of 2–4% across both institutions.’ They add that this is ‘somewhat comparable to other estimates reported in the literature.’ This could be due to placement students gaining: a clearer understanding of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...et al. (1986). Once the problem is defined, the members of the group independently and silently write down as many ideas as possible over a set period of time (typically an hour or so). Then the group comes together in order to discuss the ideas. As with brainstorming, criticism and debate are discouraged although members can ask for clarification of ideas. In the next...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...et al., 2009, pp. 88–90 and Everard and Wilson, 2004)...Week 2: The secrets of motivation and teams: 2.2 From theory into practice - Herzberg’s theory raises some interesting points about how organisations and managers might operate: people work at their best when they are achieving the greatest satisfaction from their work. Thinking about the people who featured in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...et al., published by Open University Worldwide. Where particular skills, such as reading, note taking and using diagrams may be needed to help your study, you can read the appropriate section. How often you will need to do this will, of course, depend on your existing skills. Finally the course contains some Exercises and Self-assessment Questions (SAQs) which I recommend...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...et al., 2009) goes further to argue that one solution to regional inequality (at least in England) might be for the London city region simply to expand its footprint to incorporate other cities, starting with Birmingham. From another perspective, however, the matter has been understood quite differently. London’s position within the UK’s space economy reflects a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...et d'Art Contemporain de la Ville de Liège (Plate 9.12). Michel-Ange Houasse, The Drawing Academy, c.1725, 61 x 72.5 cm, oil on canvas, Royal Palace, Madrid (Unit 1, Figure 1.8). Diego de Velásquez, Las Meninas, 1656, 318 x 276 cm, oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid. After José Aparicio, Glories of Spain, engraving, after a painting of 1815–18, now lost, Biblioteca...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Le roi Candaules (King Candaules). Oil on canvas, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico Discussion These are points of comparison that you may have noted: Candaules, when it was time for bed, led Gyges to the room, and quickly afterwards his wife entered. Gyges watched her come in and set down her clothes. When he was behind the back of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs