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Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...social stability continue to fluctuate, and the rising cost of living. How you plan and lead your organisation for business continuity and growth is critical to address your short, medium, and long-term needs, aims and objectives. The framework illustrated below has been designed for this collection to highlight the key areas you need to consider when thinking about...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...social change in the four nations of the British Isles which created tensions and crises. Revolutionary ideas from America and France threatened the social hierarchy and encouraged an uprising in Ireland. There were struggles between workers and their employers, and disputes between slave owners and anti-slavery campaigners. Between 1793 and 1815, Britain was almost...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...social and cultural environments shape our character. For Sartre, human beings are not moulded but rather mould themselves, through their choices and actions. In the video, you heard that for Sartre, the fact that human beings are not moulded or designed is what distinguishes them from objects like a penknife or a book. However, the Other (individuals beside oneself)...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...social contexts in which they operate. For example, it is certainly important for a lawyer who advises business clients on their transactions to understand how partnership and company law work, and to have a thorough grounding in the legislation and case law in this area. However, it is equally important to understand the practical implications of the legal advice which a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...social groups spend periods swimming slowly side by side (‘echelon swimming’). This paired swimming mimics the behaviour of a calf with its mother and is probably associated with rest. It is likely that at these times the animals use a form of ‘cat-napping’, in which one half of the brain rests while the other remains active...Aquatic mammals: 2.3 Moving about -...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...social media, computer games, digital hearing aids, advanced driver assistance systems, healthcare technology such as drug delivery systems, mobile applications, web services and many more. [Described image] Figure 1 A man types on an early version of the Apple II personal computer, released in 1977 As computing technology has developed, the nature of users’ interaction...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...social situations. Lady Fookes I would describe a lie as a deliberate misrepresentation of a fact. Deliberate and I think that's the key thing. If I may make the comparison with a murder it has to be deliberate to be murder or so reckless of the consequences as to be the same thing which would distinguish it from manslaughter when you do it by mistake. It's not intended....
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Video 5 mins
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...social media team as well, so it’s… And it’s been like that since the word go. It’s been going for ten years now, but it started with this very interactive ethos at the core of it and it still has that and we’re building on that as the technology and the social media outlets increase, it allows us to have an even fuller and more rapid conversation with our...
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Video 30 mins