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More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...social data with our Postcode Patterns interactive 1) What's changed on More or Less over the years? Are there less statistical mistakes in the news these days? Transcript: "I hadn't noticed that, but you're probably right. And if that's true, why is it true?" KEVIN MCCONWAY: Thanks for talking to me Tim Harford. It’s great to have been working with you on More or Less...
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Audio 20 mins
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...social networks between them. Comment This search should yield 250 hits [January 2011], and reads a little bit like a who’s who of great nineteenth-century British writers: Percy and Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Sarah Harriet Burney, Mrs Oliphant, Henry James, John Ruskin, Gertrude Bell, and of course Vernon Lee and both Elizabeth and Robert Browning are here. Then...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...as this can help with your studies, but do try to prioritise your learning. (For example, arrange to meet a friend an hour later than usual knowing that you have used that extra hour for study.) Studying at a distance often means using personal technology, such as your computer or mobile device. Try not to be distracted by text messages, emails or social media...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...social circumstances can participate successfully. These are the ideas that we are talking about when we use the term ‘accessibility’. Experience has shown us that it is better to consider accessibility at the beginning as well as throughout a process. It is often much more difficult to incorporate accessibility after a complex product has been completed (often termed...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...social arrangements in a beehive or an ants’ nest. They regarded systems as ranging from living organisms to individual families and governments. Type 1 classification was subsequently regarded as insufficient by other practitioners because it excluded any complexity arising from culture and from human behaviour. Nor did it encompass the complexity arising from the...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...social media tools, those are the skills that allow you to do specific functions of your role, ok? Soft skills are broader attributes; leadership, communication, time management, organisation, collaboration, team work, critical thinking. Soft skills influence how you do your work, and your upside in value because, to me, if you have really high soft skills, that can...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...social media, websites, red button, you name it. And even more proud of the fact that it’s actually a hit. We’re not doing it just because it’s good for us, in a Reithian, BBC kind of way, it’s actually popular, so I’m exceptionally proud of that. My Oman show… I’ve done other things in the past where working as an independent producer, where you own the...
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Video 40 mins
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...social proof that the innovation is useful before they will feel comfortable to follow. There will be others who are highly sceptical of the change and may never agree to it. There is no one-size-fits-all approach for improved ways of working leading to better outcomes. Experimentation is needed. When helping your organisation to change, it is important to identify...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs