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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...analysis; extending intercultural awareness (icons, practices, symbols); planning and executing art projects; developing and supporting arguments and viewpoints; collaborative peer working, self-directed learning. Please now consider Activity 1. Activity 1 Evaluate any appropriate lesson plans or teaching materials against the descriptors above. You may wish to reflect on...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...analysis, decolonisation remains impossible as long as our livelihoods continue to be underwritten by systemic violence and unsustainability. Resources for Developing Affective and Relational Capacities As mentioned above, there is no universal guide to decolonisation. It demands different things of different people, and thus it is important to have different resources,...
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Video 10 mins
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...data you have been provided with, as well as the future environment in which you will be operating. In business, uncertainty regarding the future can cover a very wide range of scenarios, including: political – who will be running the country in five years’ time? What will be their view on, for example, tax, regulation, etc.? economic – will the country be in...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...data. (BBC, 2014) Almost all adults (91%) in the UK use the internet and adults with disabilities are increasing their use of the internet too (78% of those with reported disability use the internet). Adults aged 65 years or over who report using the internet is also increasing year-on-year (Office of National Statistics (ONS), 2019a). Email is one of the most common uses...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...analysis of art works as well as developing your study skills. Both the activities and the text in this course are designed to be worked on while you look closely at the art works. Plate 1: Turner prize artists Rachel Whiteread, House, 1993. (© The artist. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Tate Photography.) Gilbert and George, Life from Death Hope Life Fear, 1984,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...analysis of the data concluded that managerial work had the following six characteristics. The manager performs a great quantity of work at an unrelenting pace. Managerial activity is characterised by variety, fragmentation and brevity. Managers prefer issues that are current, specific and ad hoc. The manager sits between his organisation and a network of contacts. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...data collection and analysis across organisations and countries, thereby improving the management of wildfire fuels, facilitating ignition prevention, and reducing gaps in fire management preparedness and response. Identifying how existing wildfire management practices encourage or discourage harmful wildfires can help improve decision-making and management systems....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...data, now it wasn’t us, we didn’t come up with this, this was the Woodland Trust and the UK Phenology Network, really proper, strong scientific bodies who needed big data, but couldn’t get it, couldn’t afford it, but we had big audience. So we got big audience to create big data and we’re very proud of the fact that over those three years we created a data set...
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Video 40 mins