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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...studying this Open Learn course....Leadership challenges in turbulent times: Introduction - Welcome to the free course, Leadership challenges in turbulent times. The global financial crisis, Brexit, the election of Trump, artificial intelligence and robots, internet of things, the rise of the power of countries such as China and India, international migrations, climate...
Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities
Money & Business

Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities

...The purpose of this paper is to report on initial data from an on-going Leadership Foundation funded project investigating the role of Associate Dean in UK universities. To answer the study’s research questions, an embedded, sequential mixed methods design has been adopted. Read more: Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities – Initial Findings...
Does your personality influence your career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does your personality influence your career?

...study is whether there are differences between personalities reliably between different occupations, and maybe between different employers as well. That’s why the research we’ve been focusing on most recently is within distinct employers to see whether we get quite different effects in different places. And we get, those effects are coming through. Certainly we’re...
Dr Matt Balme on modelling the landscape of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Dr Matt Balme on modelling the landscape of Mars

...like ancient flood plains. “Since studying Aram Dorsum, our group has found many more of these “fossilised rivers” around this area, which suggest that ancient Mars was warmer and wetter than it is today; this makes Aram Dorsum a great site to visit to look for evidence of past life on Mars.” Dig deeper into the red planet Try a free course on astronomy or geology...
Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...study towards a Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice in 2020 and completed the first module, Managing change with STiP (TB872) and enrolled in a second module, T891, Making Environmental Decisions, which started in November 2021. Paul describes himself as “a student of STiP, learning to apply STIP in my professional context working in sustainability. I have been...
Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...health promotion work is the need for respectful and positive relationships with parents and carers. The findings helped to set the onward agenda for a larger scale study which will foreground the voices of practitioners and highlight the role that ECEC practitioners can play in promoting the health of children. [Connecting Unseen Dots] Download video transcript...
Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum

...momentum. Spinning on Ice A look at how ice skaters can control and change the speed of spinning, with relation to body mass and axis of rotation. Diving Angular momentum in Diving - rates of rotation, the moment of inertia, and the angle of momentum. The Highland Games The highland games provide a perfect background for studying the basic laws of rotational motion....
Sport and exercise psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sport and exercise psychology

...study approach... Adherence: Getting people active and sticking to it This video examines the challenges of adhering to an exercise programme, focussing on the experiences of clients and trainers at a health club. Trainers’ experiences: improving adherence In this video two fitness trainers share their experiences of how exercise adherence can be improved. An exercise...