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Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...concept of a product design specification (PDS), and be able to indicate some to the factors which should be included in producing one describe the role of marketing in developing the PDS for a product classify products simply in terms of their basic shape describe the difference between the hot and cold working of metals and give the advantages of each...Manufacturing:...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...moments that matter in the lives of their employees. We traditionally have this concept of the employee lifecycle, which a lot of people know, it's this circular image, and it's attract, hire, nurture, retain, transition, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The problem with that is that that's not how employees view their time with you. If you were to go to any one of your employees and say, hey, what stage are you in? They're ......
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...concept and personality) (Brewer and Redmond, 2017). Extrinsic risk factors are those external to the individual and can include sport-related variables (such as type of sport, rules, opponent/team mate behaviour), equipment and weather conditions (Brewer and Redmond, 2017). Next you’ll look at psychological factors in more detail...Session 3: Can psychological factors...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...concept in 1969; he recognised four basic degrees of intimate, personal, social and public space. Activity 6 What is your personal space limit? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Watch up until 2 minutes 45 seconds of the following video in which a comedian tests Hall’s four degrees of space with members of the public. This clip is not a scientific experiment but its...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...concept of ‘Roman’ is multi-faceted and variable, so is the concept of ‘African’. When the two come together it is perhaps not surprising that the resulting cultural mix is rich and complex...Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga: Conclusion - This free course provided an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It took you through a series of exercises...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...concept we looked at was that of unnecessary or ‘failure’ demand. This can be a really useful idea to challenge what demand is coming into a service and what workload it should give you. You are encouraged to try to apply this idea further in your own work. This course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...is in us. As mentioned earlier, Grosz (1994) – drawing on Merleau-Ponty – uses the concept of the Möbius strip to capture this interaction between body and world. In his last incomplete and tantalisingly mysterious work The Visible and the Invisible, Merleau-Ponty (1968 [1964]) offers a radical reworking of the nature of embodiment. He shifted his focus from embodied consciousness to a notion of intercorporeal being – ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...concepts and so making notes is a good way to make sure you understand these new ideas. The next activity gives you a chance to practice making linear notes and a mind map. Linear notes are the most common form of note taking and probably the one with which you are most familiar. It involves writing notes by picking out and recording the most important points as you work...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs