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Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...codes of conduct expects engineers to address risk thoroughly – applying in-depth, long-term thinking – so that they may help to encourage greater awareness of risk in others with whom they work. The key elements of the Engineering Council’s Guidance on Risk are listed below. Apply professional and responsible judgement and take a leadership role. Adopt a systematic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...simple. When we are packaged, we’re ineffective and inauthentic.’ Her advice is ‘Don’t package yourself. Just speak honestly, factually and from your own experience’ (Holland, 2017). Sheryl makes a useful point about the potential to take personal branding too far, and in Week 2 you’ll look at what we can learn from the process of branding a product. However,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...simple tasks using tutorials, or using feedback from other internet users to solve common problems. Creating basic digital content in order to engage with digital communities and organisations. For example, creating a social media post, creating a text document such as a CV, creating and sharing a photo album or creating and sharing feedback about products and services....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...coded with green, yellow, amber and red signifying four possible outcomes. My Local School provides limited information on all schools including the latest colour coding categorisation, but within schools there will be more information from external evaluation which can be shared with the school’s governing body. Each governing body will meet at various times throughout...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...simple ecosystem on land and the severe, erratic climate tend to produce ‘cycles’ of population abundance followed by mass mortality or migration (e.g. lemmings in Scandinavia and Russia). Interesting physiological and behavioural adaptations to these fluctuations in food supply have evolved in some of the larger animals. The vast continent of Antarctica has no...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...simple changes that could have a big and positive impact for you. The cost of living crisis has reinforced the need to be completely on top of your household finances. Where you’re going next (Session 2). We’ll help you think about the next few years, make sure you’re planning ahead for the financial impact of future events and are prepared for pitfalls and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...Code of Conduct for Psychological Research developed in 1985 by the BPS. Others, however, have more negative associations. By now you should be aware of the ethical debates around (in)famous psychological studies such as Milgram’s obedience studies and Zimbardo’s prison studies. The next activity considers the relationship between different aspects of history....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...codes of practice under which they operate. In the worst case, failure to comply with these can lead to disciplinary and/or legal action against board members. In such situations, directors and managers are duty bound to be cautious and vigilant. But then again, the rewards of the e-business age can be immense and the creation of value is a big driver: as we have seen,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs