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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...Write your own definition of a 'team' (in 20 words or less). You probably described a team as a group of some kind. However, a team is more than just a group. As noted above, when you think of all the groups that you belong to, you will probably find that very few of them are really teams. Some of them will be family or friendship groups that are formed to meet a wide...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: burakkarademir; Getty Images Introduction images: first:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...writings or with their lives. Such is the case of the monk Lazarus, who was tortured for refusing to give up the painting of icons during Iconoclasm. A miniature in the Ioannis Skylitzes chronicle (Codex Vitr. 26-2), dated to the twelfth century, depicts him at work within a church, painting an icon of the Virgin and Child (Figure 3). This is an important manuscript...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...Creative good feelings about unhealthy food). This creates the impression that it is quite the norm for children to eat such foods frequently – when in fact the opposite is what’s recommended. Furthermore, these ads create powerful emotional associations with such foods, with imagery and stories that evoke delicious tastes and aromas, fun, magic, imagination, humour...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...creative approach to a serious issue, reinforcing the idea of risk associated with rail lines whilst differentiating itself from more conventional public service broadcasts to create memorability and impact. It is informing the audience of the risks and the consequences. Sasol The Sasol ‘Ama-Glug-Glug’ campaign has been popular in South Africa since 1999. It focuses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...writing (2005), several new approaches to software development have been established that may become significant during the lifetime of this course. These include Model Driven Architecture (MDA) (see http://www.omg.org/mda/) and agile development (see http://agilemanifesto.org/). MDA defines an approach whereby business-oriented decisions and specifications can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...creative industries, Creative Scotland, national gallery, library and museum collections, national performing companies, sportscotland and major events. Some forms of taxation Scottish Variable Rate of Income Tax was devolved in 1998. In 2016, the partial assignment of VAT revenues was given and in 2012, powers were given to set the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT),...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...Write your thoughts in the box below. (Open the video in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on the link.) Video link: China on four wheels Was there anything in Anita’s behaviour that was inappropriate? If yes, what was it and why in your view was it inappropriate? If it was you, how would you have handled the situation? In terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs