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Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...motivated by money, financial success or any other material things that you could buy with that. For me the exciting thing about starting a company is that I can start something er from nothing and grow it into, you know, hopefully a large business. I can challenge the status quo in an industry that’s been around for hundreds of years and hopefully use the profits from...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. How to get a badge Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read all sessions of the course score 50% or more in the end-of-course badge quiz in Session 3. In the end-of-course quiz, you can have three attempts at most of the questions (for true or false type questions you usually only get...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...motivation and aspiration for the world as a whole, which means growth because I do believe that’s something that keeps people going. I think if we say to the world, ‘Your choices are all to do with shutting down the future,’ I don’t think people will take it, it’s not in the human condition to do that. RH: Well how can we strike a balance between being...
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Audio 5 mins
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...motivation, desire, and the hidden dimensions of psychological experience. Evidence of this movement can be found in both twentieth and twenty first century Irish Gothic fiction and is particularly highlighted in the work of Irish novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Bowen. [Photograph of Sigmund Freud]Photograph of Sigmund Freud - Wikimedia Commons Elizabeth Bowen...
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Article 45 mins
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...et al., 1987, pp. 51–2) Miller and Bennett were satirizing the philosophical trends of their time, but their sketch illustrates two views about philosophy that are still fairly widespread. One is that philosophers are out of touch with everyday life and the concerns of ordinary people. The other is that philosophical debates are very abstract and often come down to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...motivates us to work even harder. Empathy in the workplace has ripple effects that go far beyond the office walls. Think how many problems we could solve if we made a little more effort to understand each other and showed a little more kindness. These are habits we can cultivate at work-- habits that boost our success and benefit everyone. So let's get to work. [MUSIC...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...motives for funding a film- commercial, economic, and cultural. We'll also understand how a film is valued, how much it is worth to the market, which is a strange concept if you think about it. How can you put a monetary value on something as intangible as a film? We'll find out how. And of course, there's more from our case study. Video 1 Bharat talks about how to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one-stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs