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Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...careful choice of words. In a personal communication to a friend, particularly if you are a regular letter-writer, you may have found you could just ‘write as you speak’, so you did not need to make conscious choices when selecting your words. The ‘voice’ that comes through will be informal and individual, and perhaps recognisably ‘you’. An email message often...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...care and consideration will reciprocate this sentiment in the form of desired behaviours. A high trust social exchange relationship encourages people to spend more time on required tasks and be willing to go above and beyond their job role. High trust relationships have thus been found to result in higher performance and organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs). This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...care economy, exploring what it is we want from each other when we can automate most of the physical and mental bits of our work. […] Equipment for the roaming worker will have access to the network via satellite or terrestrial systems. People will control computers and services simply by talking in everyday language. Computers will understand all major languages and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...careful as they could be with it. Whether it’s their customer details, details of their business transactions or their intellectual property, information is – almost casually – shared when it shouldn’t be. In this free course, Information security, you’ll explore what it is about information that makes it so valuable. Given that information security is critical...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...careful to explore the world as fully as I can because I cannot see everything and may be misled. The third pole is to take on fully the implications of the world's unknowability. This stance demands that I always carry an awareness that I will never know the world and must therefore always be trying to account for my own role in my perceptions of the world. Consciously...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...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....Session 2: Getting to grips with...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...care system, sneaking across the border, being arrested at the border, that sort of thing. I remember walking around on my first day in Guadalajara, watching the people going to work, rolling up tortillas in the marketplace, smoking, laughing. I remember first feeling slight surprise and then I was overwhelmed with shame. I realised that I had been so immersed in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...Adults, I feel like, can take care of themselves. They will be able to see for themselves. But children should be protected. And you tell them, you know, what you honestly think. It’s gradually picking up. I’m getting a few. Generally, by this time I have all of Easter all of Memorial Day. And I have probably half. A lot of them just found other places to go, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs