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Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...account the transportation costs. There is enough energy coming from the sun but if you capture it all as in Dyson spheres it would support ten to the 22nd power human beings. So that is presently our population is about ten to the 10th human being. So this would be ten to the 12th. That’s a million million times, not a million million more people but a million million...
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Video 30 mins
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...account of the way that people develop feelings. For many people of Black and minority ethnic origin in white-majority spaces, racial background has been used to highlight variation from the norm resulting in them having to navigate isolating, humiliating, ridiculing and demeaning circumstances over the breadth of a lifetime. Harrison & Tanner, (2018, p. 4) aptly use the...
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Article 5 mins
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...account of these dimensions in science decision-making. Matthew came to the Royal Society following a two-year stint as a Research Fellow at the ESRC Genomics Research and Policy Forum, University of Edinburgh, leading a work package on social and ethical aspects of animal genomics. Before that, he completed a PhD at Cardiff University investigating the nature and role of...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...account the preferences and desires of patients and acknowledges and respects their cultural background. Person-centred care is a related term (commonly used in the UK) but generally refers to the whole person (going beyond the narrow focus on their symptoms and treatment) and advocates a holistic approach to care which requires acknowledgement of wider social,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...accounts for both? One example might be LinkedIn. Activity 4 Using social media for professional purposes Timing: 10 minutes If you use social media/networking for both professional and personal use, how much thought do you give to the impact a personal post might have on your professional brand? Does your post adhere to your organisational guidelines and policies? Take...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...account of supporting your relationship with the recipient, is important in developing clarity and trust. In this case the proposed action is framed as a suggestion and gives the recipient, Shamela, some choice as to how to proceed. Also notice how the message begins and ends in an upbeat, positive tone. Communicative features such as the clarity, positive tone and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...account to a more reflective stance. She commented on what a rare opportunity it had been: I’ve really enjoyed doing it. I’ve enjoyed doing it because it’s, it’s not very often that somebody sits there and lets you tell them about what you are and what you do and how you do your [pause] how your life has been, has been really. (Interview 6, June 2007) It was...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...account the company's manufacturing capability, the relative performance of candidate materials, the behaviour of the market and many other technical and commercial factors. The design activity is triggered by an idea for a product. However, there is not usually much point making a product if you can't sell it so the idea is usually coupled with information concerning the...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs