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Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...Institute of Design Engineers, talks about the application process for professional engineering bodies in the UK, their role in quality assurance and the benefits of membership. Employing and Managing Engineers Rod Taylor, MD of an electronic engineering business, talks about the value of ongoing professional development and the skills and competences required to succeed....
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...studying this free course, Leadership: external context and culture, you will develop your understanding of the impact of external context and culture on the practice of leadership. The course begins by exploring the nature ‘societal culture’, identifying how culture, at a number of levels, impacts on leadership. We then explore how the external context within which...
What does an engineer look like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does an engineer look like?

...studies) at Stanford University in 1977, and a Doctorate degree in medicine from Cornell University in 1981. After receiving her doctorate, she worked as a General Practitioner while attending graduate engineering classes in Los Angeles. She was named an astronaut candidate in 1987, and flew her first flight as a science mission specialists on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in...
Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...study the experiences of ethnic minority communities? Embodied differences Let’s start with embodied or embodiment. To embody is to represent an idea or quality exactly, and in relation to the body, whereas embodiment is the process or state of living in a body. Our bodies are uniquely connected to our sense of self, but also how we relate to or understand our social...
Young lives: is now a good time to be young?
Education & Development

Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

...study of the lives of children and young people. It focuses on some of the key issues in young lives such as continuing inequality and why some children and young people are more the focus of policy and intervention than others. It is written for both people working with, or intending to work with, children and young people and for those who have a more general interest...
OpenLearn and schools
Education & Development

OpenLearn and schools

...studying with OpenLearn? Anyone can study an OpenLearn course, read an article or watch a video without creating an account. However, to have your learning recognised (so that you earn a certificate or a digital badge on an OpenLearn course) you must create an account. Creating an account will also provide any learner with an OpenLearn profile. This profile can be made...
Biology Week
Miscellaneous

Biology Week

...study of life, from humans to fungi and everything in between. To celebrate Biology Week we have compiled a range of resources covering different aspects of biology for you to explore and enjoy. Did you know? Our biology programmes R58 BSc (Hons) Biology and Q64 BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology) have been awarded interim accreditation by the Royal Society of Biology....
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World Archaeology
History & The Arts

World Archaeology

...studying the cultural development of urban settlements, including Pompeii. The origins of agriculture Why did humans start farming? Interpreting the remains of early cities Archaeologists discuss early Meso-american and South Asian cities and how they reveal different forms of social organisation. The challenge of defining a city What evidence do we need to define...
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