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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...education so attractive in the first place. Then it must consider what its competitive advantage is within this marketplace. Once it has done so it can then set about (1) identifying organisational objectives (2) developing strategies and organisational designs (3) identify ‘value drivers’ (4) develop actions plans, select measures, and set clear targets and (5)...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...de-souche (white-Catholic-French) and those of color, primarily “new” immigrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa’ (Orlando, 2003, p. 395), many of whom are Muslim, impoverished and live in banlieue neighbourhoods. Large-scale development of the banlieue began in the 1960s, resettling both working-class populations moving from inner-city areas and migrants arriving...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...de Fermat, about a problem connected with a dice game is now considered a seminal moment in this development. The problem in question, known as the ‘problem of points’, concerns the fair division of stakes should a dice game be interrupted before a player has won. [This is a composite of two portraits, of the mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat.] Figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...de Cervantes's hero Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza encounter one: The last questioner was Sancho, and his questions were, 'Head, shall I by any chance have another government? Shall I ever escape from the hard life of a squire? Shall I get back to see my wife and children?' To which the answer came, Thou shalt govern in thy house; and if thou returnest to it thou...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...De re publica) and ‘On Laws’ (De legibus), inspired by Plato’s similarly named Republic and Laws, along with a great deal of new technical vocabulary for expressing philosophical ideas which until that point could only be expressed satisfactorily in Greek. Much of this work took place in a short burst of productivity during the years 45 and 44 BCE. We can only...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...educated culture tradition which discusses how you insult people in a kind of theoretical way and that tradition constantly distinguishes between what you might call cultivated insult, in which you don’t actually call a spade a spade but you rely upon irony, innuendo, nudge-nudge, wink-wink, know what I mean? Whereas there is another kind of insult which used the...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...Education and Sport, 18(2), pp. 787–91. Murray, B. and Kenny, W.L. (2016) Practical guide to exercise physiology. Leeds: Human Kinetics. Plisk, S. S. (2008) ‘Speed, agility, and speed-endurance development’, in Baechle, T. R. and Earle, R.W. (eds) Essentials of strength training and conditioning (3rd edn). Leeds: Human Kinetics, pp. 457–85. Potach, D.H. and Chu,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...education, training and skills development. For more information about the charity go to Harrison Centre for Social Mobility. By enrolling on this course you can track your progress and gain a Statement of Participation for completing the whole course....Week 2: The spectrum of personal investments: Introduction - The second week of Managing my investments explores the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs