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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...business case for organisations to develop a sound well-being strategy stems from the strong research evidence linking stress to the costs of absenteeism, loss of talent through prolonged sickness absence, and the costs associated with recruitment to replace those leaving the organisation for stress-related causes (Eurofound, 2012; Foresight, 2008; CIPD, 2013)....
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...business. There are of course many other points of dispute, like for example, the future viability of the UK financial sector, membership of key cross EU institutions relating to defence, education and health. But the battle lines are becoming clear on the essentials outlined above. So this is apparently where we are now. The UK Conservative party is still apparently...
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Article 10 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...money to support themselves and the kids. Angelina fell into a depression that lasted nearly three years. Since then, her mood has oscillated, but she’s down more often than not. She takes an arsenal of drugs – antidepressants, mood stabilisers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping tablets – which she dislikes because they make her feel like a patient, even though she...
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Article 15 mins
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Business data analytics and decision making....Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: Introduction - The objectives of this course are to explore ways to visualise data sets in Excel, familiarise yourself with Excel functions and explore the relationship(s) between variables. [A graphical illustration of different types of charts (e.g. pie chart, line graph).] Figure 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...business to be civil to every one; but he is probably not sentimental about us; and we need not be sentimental about him. He looked like a man of sense, and not like a man of sentiment, that day as he drove through the Doncaster street on his way to the sport he loves beyond any other sport. He sat with three other gentlemen on the sidewise seats of the trap, preceded by...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...business of identifying progress. If, as a result of your reflective exercise, you have a new, broader understanding of improvement, then you will look for signs of progress in a different way. You will not only reflect on the benefits of it, but will quite possibly accept new indicators of progress within the chosen service. Logically, progress exists when incremental...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists

...busy re-examining the data of another close encounter with a comet, Halley, almost 30 years ago. Glimpse into the birth of the solar system But at present, there is no reason to assume that the oxygen in 67P is a one-off observation. So what does the presence of free oxygen tell us about the conditions in the solar nebula or protoplanetary disk thought to have given birth...
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Article 5 mins
What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...businesses. Ominously, that crackdown has begun to extend to the wider media. After the June elections, several newspapers were taken over by government-appointed trustee boards. These events have drastically eroded Erdoğan’s international support – the Economist went so far as to publish an article explaining why Erdoğan should leave, calling him “the sultan at...
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Article 10 mins