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Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...de facto lingua franca of business and places like Silicon Valley are the epicentre of innovation in their field, it is easy to forget that much creativity continues to happen in diverse cultural environments. In the modern, globalised age it is tempting to focus solely on the common features different organisations or perhaps even different people share. This temptation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...based on close-packing, but with ionic and covalent bonds; density increases as Fe content increases Diamond, C 3.5 structure based on close-packing, but with covalent bonds Barite, BaSO4 4.5 ionic bonds between barium and sulfate groups Hematite (iron oxide), Fe2O3 5.3 structure based on close-packing; ionic and metallic bonds Galena (lead sulfide), PbS 7.6 structure...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...based You came across the idea of demonstrating the skills and competencies for a job last week. Organisations using a competency-based approach will want you to demonstrate your abilities with examples, so it is important to be prepared for this. Use the STAR technique before the interview to help you. You looked at STAR in Week 6 and you’ll recap in Section 7 this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...based around readings excerpted from a longer piece titled ‘Instruction and delight’ by Peter Hunt (2009). Guided reflections and discussion are provided for each part. Before you read the first part, consider the following three short quotations. You might like to make some notes on the extent to which you agree or disagree with each. Reflecting on these ideas as you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...based collective who have been interviewed several times in the arts press and are able to share what they’ve learned from the experience. Case study 4 Material Girls artist collective ‘Material Girls’ is a female-identifying collective of sculptors and digital artists based mainly in the US. In a recent Art Business Journal article, Audra Lambert (2020) explains...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...de Football Association, or FIFA as it is more commonly known, itself has experienced significant controversy relating to the internal politics (or the small ‘p’ politics) of the organisation. However, before you delve into FIFA, take a moment to explore what is meant by ‘political’ in this course. Activity 1 Identifying political themes relating to this course...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...based in Glasgow. I asked one of my friends, also a CWU worker, who has asked to remain anonymous, about being a female postal worker. By 2022 she had been in this role for 6 years and she willingly spoke to me in mid-2021 about her ‘job journey’. My friend is an ‘on the beat’ postal worker which means she delivers door to door as opposed to working in the...
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How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?

...based studies and then follow on studies how good a target this is. At this stage it’s difficult to know how strong the effect would be compared to what you might get with PARP inhibitors, and that will only be demonstrated when somebody’s got a potential drug that is able to switch off PolQ.” For now, these are just ideas and results from lab experiments. But...
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