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Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...double portrait, now known as Mr & Mrs Ralph Izard (Alice Delancey), of the successful merchant Ralph Izard and his wife while they were on the Grand Tour together (Figure 10). It is thought to be the work Copley exhibited at London’s Royal Academy in 1776 when it was called A Conversation. [This painting shows a couple sitting on either side of an ornate table: a young...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...double check with the heads of all departments for final special requirements on chairs, desks and IT equipment. I’ll send over the details to Estates and copy everyone in by Monday. ALAN Thank you. Michelle? MICHELLE And I’ll liaise with IT over the cabling issues and find out about whether or not we have any scope to move other sections around. MARK And I’ll be...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...double-red warnings’ (Guardian, 5 July 2005). There is, however, nothing inevitable about such failures, as the example of London's congestion charging scheme demonstrates. In February 2003 those entering a 22 km2 zone in central London in a private car between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. were liable to a pay a congestion charge of £5. The scheme is enforced by a network of over...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...et the needs of their end users, stakeholders and staff to ensure they thrive and succeed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced accelerated change throughout the world, which could not be planned for, and rapid change programmes where implemented. As we adapt to hybrid ways of working and expectations, organisations are drawing on their experience to start to consider how to...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...double-headed arrows, representing the relationship between The authorising environment, Public value outcomes, and Operational capacity.] Figure 2 In this excerpt from Public Value: Theory & Practice (Benington and Moore, 2011), the authors set out a practical tool for public leaders to use when they think about how they might bring about change to achieve public value....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...et al, 2018). It can be understood in a minimal sense (activities which relate to ‘personal responsibility’, such as obeying the law and paying taxes), all the way to a maximal sense, focusing on combatting injustice in society, defined by Westheimer and Kahne (2004) as ‘justice orientated’ citizenship. It is clear there are different ‘levels’ of active...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...et al., 1995, p. 7) Now look at the passage for a second time, paying particular attention to the verbs used to represent past events or processes. These have been highlighted using italics. Make a note of whether each verb form is active or passive, who is the agent and who is ‘acted on’ by the action represented by the verb in each case. In the second text box, make...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...et al., 1998). Firstly, using ideas from Chaffee, they identified seven common areas of agreement on strategy (Mintzberg et al., 1998, p. 16). These are listed below, where I have added in brackets an indication of whether the area emphasises attention to variables, which are associated with situations, or perspectives, which are associated with practitioners: strategy...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs