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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...adult skill development. Find out more here cpdstandards.com/research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others. ...Week 2: Communication skills:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...careful how you interpret the output of these models. ADAM RUTHERFORD: Paul Donald there. So this is important: all models are wrong. They’re simulations but some are very useful. Back to the floods in Cumbria, which hydrologist Nick Reynard has been simulating. Nick, how does modelling help us understand these extreme weather events? NICK REYNARD: OK, so ideally of...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...care about the planet, they absolutely do. And today with our multimedia world I don’t think you can see things in isolation; you can have the blue chip series, you can have the other messages online, you can make other programming alongside it, and certainly with Planet Earth that’s exactly what we did. We made the main series, but also, in between the two episodes,...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...careful, being 'politic', often for good reasons. This is not an easy role, and putting on a good performance, one conveying sincerity and authenticity, is crucial to success. Sometimes 'lying' is not knowing. Or not knowing enough; sometimes it is strategic openness to the future. Sometimes, of course, truth, lies and performance are connected. Performances that try to...
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Activity 5 mins
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...care to avenge things of that kind and that is why this morning at 11 o’clock the Bismarck was sunk. [APPLAUSE] Chris Williams So, the Bismarck was lost for more than 24 hours, and finding it was the key to sinking it. The question is did Bletchley find it or not? Michael, nothing was known publicly about Bletchley Park’s involvement in the sinking of the Bismarck...
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Article 5 mins
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...careful to avoid extravagant claims, and rule out suggestions that brain scanners might be used to assess progress or select candidates with an aptitude for interpreting. But even if studying simultaneous interpretation doesn’t lead to immediate applications, it has already extended our knowledge of the neural pathways that link thinking with doing, and in the future it...
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Article 10 mins
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...careful consideration of the different ways in which customers come into contact with the brand – offering a standardised chart, the Brand Contact Audit, as a framework for action planning (Table 1). Table 1 Brand contact audit chart BRAND CONTACT AUDIT TARGET SEGMENT: Contact points Expectation at each Experience at each Message sent Positive or negative Importance of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...care system is best for the country and its economy? What expectations should we have of practitioners? In answering these questions, you are also likely to have looked back at your own experiences, and reflected upon where your ideas and beliefs have come from. This might involve looking back on your own education, or forward to the education you’d like for future...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs