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Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...physically delivering the corporate vision, via its products, to the end user…. Marketing departments have got used to the idea of the tactical integration of communications messages across different media. Increasingly in the future they will have to embrace the idea of strategic vertical integration – speaking with one voice from the CEO's office right down to the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...physically larger unit, such as kilometre (km), to a physically smaller unit, such as metre (m), you always multiply. This makes sense – you will need a lot more of the smaller units to make one of the larger units! On the other hand, to convert a measurement in a smaller unit to a larger unit, you always divide. Another way to think about this is whether you expect...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...physically transporting the tapes or sending the electronic signals over communications network. ENG is here contrasted with the previous use of film. Video servers, digital compression and digital tapeless integrated newsrooms. Video servers are computers with large storage capacity (large hard disks or sets of hard disks) used to store and retrieve compressed digital...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...physical and emotional well-being as well as cognitive growth. This phase overlaps with primary education, since most children go to school at age 5 or 6. Early childhood education is often distinct from primary education, focusing on young children’s social and emotional health, and learning through guided play and exploration (Figure 2). There is much interest...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...physically entering a shop and ‘virtual’ friendships both existed long before the advent of the internet, through mail order or catalogue shopping and pen pals writing letters to each other. Mail order shopping and writing letters were made possible by innovations that were groundbreaking in their day. Compare the impact of the introduction of running water, electric...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...physical classroom, for instance. It also enables a wide range of people to share ideas (Desanctis et al., 2003). Sharing your thoughts in writing on an online forum may lead to feelings of success, especially when you get positive feedback or stimulate a discussion. So far, you have reflected on your own experiences of using online learning forums and how you feel – or...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...physical and mental health. Despite this, finding time and motivation to exercise can sometimes be challenging. While finding time for exercise may remain elusive, recent research has shown that the gut microbiome may actually play a role in increasing motivation. Certain metabolites made by the gut microbiome can relay signals to the pleasure/reward centre of the brain...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...physical factors in adolescent development. Half of all mental health conditions have already started to develop by the age of 14, rising to 75 per cent by the mid-twenties. However, they mostly go undetected, and therefore untreated, for many years (Public Health England, 2019). Some of the mental illnesses that can be experienced by adolescents are emotional disorders,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs