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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...de-rated version. In short, the operations side of a business is forced to manage the dynamics of change on an almost continuous basis. Of course, managing change is not just restricted to managing technological change. As we made clear at the outset of this course, technological and organisational change go hand in hand. Sometimes technological change leads to...
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...de Roman/WireImage via Getty Images Michelle Obama: Monica Schipper; Getty Images Angela Merkel: Omer Messinger / Stringer Activity 6 Figure 5: Darth Vader: Ann E. Parry/Alamy Stock Photo Homer Simpson: Entertainment Pictures/ Alamy Stock Photo Marge Simpson: Everett Collection/ Alamy Stock Photo Princess Leia: AF Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Joey from Friends: ZUMA Press,...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...De Angeli, A., McCaffery, M., Stone, E. (2019) ‘Healthcare education with virtual-world simulations’, Health Informatics Journal, [online]. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1460458218805009 (Accessed: 3 June 2025). Diaz-Navarro, C., Hadfield, A. and Pierce, S. (2014) TALK for clinical debriefing, Available at:
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...de Vincennes near Paris (BBC, 2020). The demonstration involved taking several rifles apart, putting the components into different boxes, then mixing up the components within the boxes, before reassembling the flintlocks by picking out random parts from each box. This could be done in minutes with little skill required. The demonstration was astonishing to the audience...
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...class to teachers and lecturers, communicating with people on the same course as me. Volunteer at Samaritans’ helpline: listening to people talk about their worries, planning my shifts to fit with other team members and my family. Head gardener: teaching summer students the basics, operating machinery, planning seasonal jobs so they are shared out across the team. Son:...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...class of, sort of, minor tranquiliser help a lot with severe anxiety. Mindfulness mediation, I’ve not probably explored that enough myself, but there is lots of evidence that that can be highly, highly effective in literally reshaping your brain, of strengthening the rational part of your brain and literally shrinking the amygdala which is the seat of fear. So there’s...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...de Telemaque, referring to Mentor as a ‘guide and instructor’ and ‘another father’. McKimm, Jollie and Hatter (2007, p. 2) make a historical link to the Middle Ages, when they explain that mentoring ‘became common practice in the time of the guilds and trade apprenticeships when young people, having acquired technical skills, often benefited from the patronage...
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...De-fence?’ What? This fence? Yeah, well. Right. So my cabinet is a bit like my gang. I’m the leader of that gang. I like that, it’s good. I’ll be Prime Minister, then. Finally, I will have ultimate power. Ah, but will you? Yes. Ah, but will you though? Yeah. But will you? Yes. No. Because you’re forgetting about: Parliament. Now, one of its most important roles...