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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...based on these social and non-social difficulties, many autistic people also have enhanced skills such as good attention to and memory for detail, or natural ability with numbers or IT. A very small proportion of individuals on the spectrum have outstanding talents in fields including art and music. While social, language and sensory challenges may mean that an autistic...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...based Irish National Caucus: “It is a mistake for our country’s government to stand quiet on the struggle of the Irish for peace, for the respect of human rights, and for unifying Ireland.” Not surprisingly, this statement caused uproar. A later “Confidential” report from the British Embassy in Washington, which was sent in April, 1980 to Prime Minister Margaret...
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...based, but still, lots of passwords and authentication needed, as you would expect. After remembering all my passwords, I begin looking at the new images. It never gets old to see the latest images and to study the new landscape where the rover is parked – a landscape that is over 4 billion years old and has just been imaged for the very first time. The images I am...
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...Based on the Self-directed Teams topic, Good Practice Ltd.)...How teams work: 1.3.2 Benefits of self-managed teams - Individual team members may have the opportunity to use their skills and experience outside their specified remit (or job title) within an organisation. Since team roles within self-managed teams are much more fluid than in hierarchical teams, team members...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...based off their CV, and match it to that description. So whenever we bring someone new in, we always look at the personality. We do interviews a little bit different than many corporate companies. So we have an interview panel that will be comprised with who they'll be working with on a daily basis. So for someone who is interviewing for one of the, possibly one of our...
Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...based learning), part of the PCSO apprenticeship programme offered jointly by The Open University and North Yorkshire Police. Upon completion, you’ll be able to identify relevant legislation, understand power assignment, and recognise situations where PCSOs can exercise their authority, enhancing your understanding of this vital role in community safety...Police...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...based on belonging to a group, a closed-knit community, family and so on; on the other, modern capitalist societies entail other forms of sociality, which emerge out of interactions with strangers, often mediated by monetary exchanges. These are in tension and can trigger their own forms of injustice. But political mobilisation and the constitution of collective subjects...
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...based on interviews, where I asked people living in London who weren’t British to tell me their sort of life stories, their contacts with languages in their lifetimes and also how they lived their lives in London, and some of this research is taken up in the 2006 book, er, ‘Multilingual Identities in a Global City’. So if I look at, you know, one of the chapters is...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs