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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...empathy. As you’re listening to Tim Pears, Monique Roffey, Alex Garland and Louis de Bernières make a note how you might develop main characters and how much work goes into differentiating between relatively minor characters. TIM PEARS My first book was written from the point of view of a 13 year old girl, and I never felt when I was writing it that I had to make some...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...empathy and inclusion to all, merging advocacy with the concept of the ‘growth mindset’. The programme consists of 10 segments, including online classes, video scenarios and facilitated sessions focused on building skills and practicing behaviours. It teaches that ‘there’s no limit to who can benefit from a focus on greater inclusion – everyone has an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...empathy with their audience; some books, such as Pat Hutchins’s Rosie’s Walk or Shirley Hughes’s Dogger seem, from all visible signs, to bridge the gap. But however sensitive the mediator – the parent or the teacher – they are working with imperfect instruments. The very nature of the relationship between adulthood and childhood precludes the existence of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...empathy and those kinds of things are so important that I think that needs to be weaved through the whole of – well, the whole of – the course, really, but in this particular module, I think, yeah, always brings it back then to, um, what the job is all about, really, which in the end, is all about people and dealing with difficult situations. And sometimes, I think,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...empathy, and global understanding. With OMT as your partner, you have the potential to accelerate your learning journey, but it’s your curiosity, persistence, and personal engagement that will unlock the real rewards. In a world where technology is transforming communication, mastering another language will keep you connected on a deeper, more meaningful level. So, stay...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...empathy and show solidarity with another person but at the same time understand, you know, what they are saying. So what I think is, a lot of people this looks like a difficult kind of pedagogy where it goes against a lot of things we’ve been doing in language classrooms. But I think this comes very naturally to multilinguals because they negotiate different languages...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...empathy to explore the problem further, to uncover what at first might not be obvious, generating ideas, with test-and-learn activities to gather feedback, prior to implementing a potential solution. Activity 3: What problems does your HEI have? Timing: 15 minutes Read the following article: Nothing is intractable: you can change the world and then consider if your HEI...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...empathy within an organisation, create better experiences, and build resilience to and trust in change. As a result, the organisation’s culture enables confidence to try new ways of working, learn and evolve. [Described image] Figure 10 Putting people first Human-centred design is a creative approach to problem solving that starts with the needs of the user, emphasises...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs