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An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...working with people to change behaviours, attitudes and values, whilst managers are more likely to maintain the performance of people and systems. However, from an academic perspective, educational leadership and management remain as contested concepts! Activity 1: Leadership and management Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes Consider the ‘leadership and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...working with computers. Most of us probably feel confident we know what they are, and what they can do. In this section we'll examine the fundamental concept of the digital computer as an interpreted automatic formal system and consider the implications of this for computational theories of mind. At the end, I'll try to draw some conclusions and set the scene for the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...working more collaboratively...Are you thinking about studying Systems Thinking at postgraduate level and want to become equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so successfully? Do you want to develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skills boundaries? Do you want to learn to think more holistically about...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...working in healthcare settings are continuing to learn, sharing knowledge, developing skills and training so that the care they offer is of high quality. So you might want to survey staff about: whether they have access to resources (such as books, journals and conferences) to keep up-to-date with their field and any developments in patient care whether they are satisfied...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...work through this course, you will become familiar with five complete movements of Mozart's piano sonatas, as well as shorter extracts from some of his other sonatas...This free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground, introduces 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of analysing tonal music. In this...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...work all the way through this course, or just dip in and out. It is a resource for you to use in whatever way you find best helps your learning. As thinking and learning is most effectively developed through active involvement, we have included lots of activities. So, have a pencil and paper on hand and be prepared to think...Extending and developing your thinking skills:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...work very well and can be engineered to do better. This is not a perspective supported in this course nor, more generally, in STiP. STiP practitioners see systems as conceptual constructs or tools to help us understand and act in messy situations of concern. Unlike ‘problems’, which can be defined and solved, messy situations appear to be intractable and appear to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...work for us. The most common computer software that we use for carrying out statistics in the social sciences is the aptly named: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences or SPSS. But while using SPSS may help to cut down the amount of maths and calculations that you have to do by hand, it can sometimes add another layer of complexity to learning statistics. Again,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs