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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste

...skills needed to properly and effectively market your creations. These skills are perhaps especially relevant for contemporary artists – who must rely on marketing based values of branding in order to succeed in an increasingly competitive artistic market. Kim Lehman and Ian Fills explore this issue in their article “Survive in the Art World: Sell the Brand, Market...
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Article 5 mins
Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...skills gaps mean that there will be an increasing need for employees to retrain throughout their life histories. Those who anticipate the change and take proactive steps to reskill (particularly in digital, AI and soft skills) will be better equipped to resist redundancies and underemployment. Conversely, those who are struggling to re-enter the job market may feel...
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Article 10 mins
What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...skills (memory and thinking) can be challenging. So, let’s have a look what happens when our brains are ageing and how we can prevent brain decline (memory and thinking) as we grow older in a few simple steps. It is an urban myth that every older person will develop dementia and in reality, it is a spectrum from normal age-related decline through to a clinically...
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Article 10 mins
Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...skills, not technical ones Technical ability is not defined by gender. “The stereotypical fact”, Diana Thomas McEwen says, “is women don’t know anything about engineering, which is simply not true. Absolutely not true.” Crucially, too, it’s a myth that being an engineer doesn’t require what is defined as “soft skills”: self-awareness, empathy,...
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Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...Studies courses and qualifications....Exploring ancient Greek religion: Introduction - The ancient Greeks did not have a term equivalent to the English word ‘religion’. However, their world was populated by numerous figures they both recognised and worshipped as divinities. Among these figures was Amphiaraos (pronounced am-fi-ah-RAY-os), an ancient Greek hero who was...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...skills, and methods for achieving this requires an investment of time which is the first step to co-creating the right environment for meaningful participation. For a culture of equality to be fostered, everyone involved in co-production needs to know each other. Agreeing on how we work together can be most helpful in establishing respectful working and mutual...
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...study time each week. You can work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week you could push on to complete another week’s study. You’ll start this course by considering what ‘diversity and inclusion’ means and why it’s important, learning about the significant impact diversity can have on workplace productivity, and exploring a range...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Building motivation and resilience in research
Science, Maths & Technology

Building motivation and resilience in research

...study – can be unpredictable. Progress is rarely linear, and setbacks are a natural part of the journey. Challenges such as failed experiments, rejected proposals, or tight deadlines are a normal part of the journey. Resilience – the ability to adapt, recover, and grow from challenges – is a skill you can develop, not something you are born with. In this course, you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs