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Internships and other work experiences Badge icon
Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...burn-out. If you’re keen to impress, it’s very tempting to work excessively long hours, but it’s a dangerous habit to get into and not a good way to get ahead in the long run. Depending on your employment status, it’s very likely you have legal protection against overwork. to be treated with the same respect as any other member of staff. a reference upon...
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...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 information: Introduction -...
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...out a mortgage or decide to rent rather than buy, the mortgage instalments or rent payments are likely to be among your largest monthly outgoings. Since putting a roof over one’s head accounts for a good deal of most households’ spending, it is important to make the most appropriate decisions about where to live, what kind of home to choose and whether to rent or buy...
Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...out five years, we ran an environmental strand. I was the editor at one stage and I retained my interest always in environmental stories and environmental film making. Natural history and environment: How I got interested Well, to be absolutely truthful, I’m not terribly interested in natural history per se as an art form; animals – absolutely lovely, I’m much more...
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...out eight or nine people and I was doing support, mainly a huge amount of photocopying and card indexing and some shot listing. And then over a period of time there would be ad hoc enquiries from productions who would ask for particular clips that then the library would research, and then over a period of time the productions would ask me to do more and more full-time...
Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...out about The Open University's Sports and Fitness courses and qualifications [The image shows back of a person wearing a hijab looking at trees as she walks on through them. She is wearing a white t-shirt and a black satchel over one shoulder. She is walking into a woodland area with dark trees.] The year 2020 was supposed to be the year when I got back into shape and...
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...out of them also shape the way we use evidence and do our evaluation. But for the moment just think about concepts and theories as a way of generating descriptive and explanatory claims, see Figure 2b). [Figure 2(b)] Figure 2(b) The circuit of knowledge II Let us see how the circuit works in a bit more detail. Questions Consider three questions. How are identities formed?...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...out how translators maintain their language skills. You will also engage in a short translation activity...This free course explores translation as a career. During the course you will meet professional translators discussing their work and reflect on what they say. You will assess your own language level and find out how translators maintain their language skills. You...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs