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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...Careful. Thorough and methodical. Thoughtful. Good at listening to others and assimilating information. Rarely jump to conclusions. Tendency to hold back from direct participation. Slow to make up their minds and reach a decision. Tendency to be too cautious and not take enough risks. Not assertive - they aren't particularly forthcoming. Theorist Logical 'vertical'...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...adult Pip which are at times mediated through the perceptions of the child Pip. The opening encounter in the churchyard, for instance, is enacted with a vivid immediacy. Look again at the point at which the narrative shifts from description to direct speech. The rapidity of the exchanges, with further repetitions of the main character's name and the allusion to his...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...adult who is not a very close friend or relative) Note that sie with a small letter means ‘she’, whereas Siewith a capital letter means ‘you’. Using kommen While listening to the interviews you may have noticed the different forms of the verb kommen (to come). The form kommen – which is the one you will find in a dictionary – is called the infinitive. In the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...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: From idea to reality:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...and soul to it, there are so many more people who just don’t really care. And I think, through the footage that we get and through the stories that we tell and by working with conservationists, hopefully we can take their stories and their messages to a much bigger audience. And if we can influence just a handful of people to make a difference, it’s just worth it....
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Video 30 mins
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...care system, what shape would you expect if the fertility rate was running at or around the replacement rate (2 children per woman)? What shape might you expect for a declining population (that is, one that is getting smaller over time?) Have a look at the population pyramids from different countries listed on the UN Demographic Profiles page to see if your predictions -...
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Video 30 mins
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...care is needed about who is judging innovation and over what timescale. Returning to our dictionary definition, it is not always easy to distinguish whether something is completely new or has been simply altered. To help make the distinction clearer, innovation is often divided into three categories: Incremental innovation is focused on iteration and modification of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...adults said they chose wine over other alcoholic drinks. This extra drinking helped push us to Peak Booze, but wine is also important because it’s mostly drunk at home. It’s one reason why the pub is no longer the sole focus of British drinking. “The popularization of wine represents one of the most significant developments in British drinking cultures over the last...
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Article 10 mins