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Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...Table 1 shows three broad levels of conflict processes - disputes, goal-based problems and identity conflicts. Addressing them requires different skills and approaches. In any social context, as in disputes over land ownership, all three processes may be at work. Table 1: Broad division of conflict process types. Conflict process Examples Intervention process Disputes...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and administrator of the Teide observatory, gives an introduction to the site and to the various telescopes and facilities there. NARRATOR: The Teide Observatory belongs to Canarian Observatories and managed by the Institute Office of the Canaries. We have a lot of different countries here in the Teide and also in the Roque. Here, for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...Table 1 below, I have summarised the main benefits of and problems with the different types of interview. As I’ve mentioned before there isn’t a right way of interviewing and you will find yourself choosing to question people in a more or less structured manner; it won’t always be a case of one or the other style. Anyway, here are some brief outlines of why you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...Table 1. Table 1: Income raised from individual donors SOURCE OF INCOME NUMBER OF DONORS TOTAL VALUE Legacies 5 £4500 New contributions to ‘500 Club’ 15 £7500 Individual Gift Aid and direct debits 50 £5000 General membership subscriptions (£25) 100 £2500 Casual donations and collections 200 £1500 In terms of the numbers of contributors involved, the report seems...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...Table 1). Table 1 Some examples of the transferable skills gained through multidisciplinary study SKILL EXPLANATION Critical thinking Critical thinking skills are used and developed as students look across disciplinary boundaries to consider other viewpoints and also begin to compare and contrast concepts across subject areas. Self-management Choosing which subjects to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...De Stobbeleir (2022) quip: ‘functioning optimally in a hybrid working environment requires more than just good Wi-Fi and an ergonomic office chair at home’. Leaders must recognise that different skills will be needed to support their employees and managers. Hybrid meetings – to build bridges between those in the office and those working at home – are tricky;...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...Table 1. Two of these satellites are larger than the planet Mercury, but not so massive, because their densities are less. Four are bigger and more massive than the Moon, and a total of six are bigger and more massive than Pluto. Pluto itself (discovered in 1930) and its satellite Charon (discovered in 1978) share many of the characteristics of the large icy satellites,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...tables to support his essay. Click below to open ‘The Edwardian Conquest and its Military Consolidation’ (26 pages). Make sure to open the link in a new tab/window so you can easily return here. theedwardianconquestanditsmilitaryconsolidation.pdf1.2 MB PDF document...Welsh history and its sources: 2.1.3 Tudor Wales - This is the introductory essay to the volume Tudor...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs