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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...manager working in hospice and palliative care for 40 years. I write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, and grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles, I will be focusing on my thoughts about western practices, especially those I have...
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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...project management software at work, shared calendars, spreadsheets) which tasks take longer which tasks you do less well than other people which tasks get in the way of other things you’d like to do with your time? What do I do routinely each week? Well, I guess I check the school website a lot. I'm a bit obsessive about it now because I missed an important date in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...manage the risks presented by nature, such as too much rain at the wrong time of the year and very harsh frosts?...Listen to the discussion below, as John Allen and Michael Pryke talk about the abilities of finance to offer a solution to risks presented by nature. Transcript This work is linked to the Environment and Society course - DD213, which studies the entanglements...
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A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...management, working with not-for-profit organisations, fund raising and music media. Since 2008, she has worked at Oh Yeah, rising to the position of Creative Development Director. Aside from her many accomplishments in this role, she was the co-founder of Love Music Hate Racism Northern Ireland and initiated the ground-breaking Women’s Work festival that featured in a...
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The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...management, then this engaging and stimulating course is for you...Welcome to this free OpenLearn course produced by The Open University working in partnership with the EFL Trust, the educational arm of the English Football League. If you are fascinated by men's and women's football and interested in discovering more about business and management then this engaging and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...managers understand if there is a cluster of activities providing benefit to customers located within particular areas of the value chain. It can also prompt managers to think about the role different activities play A tool to identify what a manager should focus on in developing a more profitable business model. [Michael Porter's Value Chain] Porter's Value Chain A...
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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Introduction - Research completed by Donne Women in Music in 2024 found that 92.5 per cent of orchestral repertoire performed worldwide in the 2023/24 concert season was written by men, while music written by women made up just 7.5 per cent. (Donne Women in Music’s research was based on an examination of the repertoire presented by 111 orchestras based across 30...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. Developing emotional intelligence skills can help us to be more successful in both our personal and professional lives: developing better relationships; adapting to, and coping with, challenging situations; and improving mental...
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