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Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...researched relevant courses locally and applied. Had to attend an interview and persuade the interviewer that I was really committed to the course (my youth football coaching experience helped me here). Needed to show confidence in my ability to do the course and demonstrate good communications skills during the application and interview process. Which of the skills or...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...research draws on Gen AI), Hewlett Packard (my work laptop), The Open University (my employer), Aldi (they made the soup I had for lunch), Oxford City Council (I emailed about a tree growing out of the pavement in front of my house), and BBC iPlayer (for the series I’m currently watching on TV). I could go on... The interesting thing is that, on the face of it, these...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...research laboratory dedicated to pioneering new fabrics? That led to all sorts in the way of easy-care synthetics through to machine-washable wools. Innovation and Marks & Spencer, not two words that I thought I would be working together in a sentence on the TED stage. Equally the idea of shirts that are crease-resistant or gym clothes that wick away moisture, very...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...Research (COSPAR) Planetary Protection Panel and the UK Space Agency...As we explore the Solar System, it is important that we do not accidentally contaminate untouched and unspoilt extraterrestrial environments in any way. In this free course you will learn about ‘Planetary Protection’ and why it is critical for our future exploration and use of space. This course...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...Research indicates that 56 per cent of participants who left the programme and for whom no known destination was recorded (some additional 107,000 young people) had left to go into a job. However, some young people placed into sustained jobs (lasting more than 13 weeks) will have returned to unemployment within that period without reclaiming job seekers allowance. 6 A...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...research and practice. Perkins dismisses the word ‘distress’ as being too inclusive. Her argument is that everyone experiences distress but not everyone experiences ‘madness’, and to claim they do is to diminish and trivialise the latter experience. She suggests that service users should ‘embrace mad pride’ and celebrate their differences. Rose accepts that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...researchers, policymakers and practitioners all interested and working in the development industry. In Video 1, conference participants talk about the contrast between development in the twentieth and the twenty-first century. INTERVIEWER What does development mean to you in the twenty-first century? JULIUS MUGWAGWA Very interesting question. I think development to me...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...researchers, government, industry and religious and lobby groups. Attitudes change – for example, over recent years there has been a growing interest about science related to medicine and the environment. There has also been much cynicism in some quarters about some scientific evidence and theories – for example, in relation to climate change. These attitudes impact...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs