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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...public speaking, event planning, how to mentor others, critical thinking, how to be a leader without the need for a title, to be trusted with other people’s money, kindness, generosity, bravery and strength. There was a strong ethos of “all roles are open to all”, so at various times I was a band leader, Sunday school teacher to the over 50s, choir director, an...
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...public or third sector organisations may be more focused on goals to create value in human, social or environmental terms. The value that an organisation seeks to create usually shapes their business model and strategy. You may have heard of the Five Capitals Model, developed by Forum for the Future (2007). This model describes five capitals, or stocks of capitals (i.e....
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...publication of her work. She was desperately lonely, lacking friends with whom she could discuss her explorations of mathematics, and as a woman, she was forbidden from joining many of the scientific institutions of the day. She is known to have become a heavy drinker and to have experimented with opium. Worse still, she became convinced she had found a perfect scheme for...
Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...publication on TeachandLearn.net. This course was written by Sylvia Thomson Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Course image: Public Information Office in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...public became more comfortable with science and technology as the popularity of personal computers rose and sales of A.I. related hardware rose. AI was put to the test for military use in the Gulf War in the early 1990s, where it was used for both simple tasks such as packing transport planes, and complicated tasks such as the timing and co-ordination of Operation Desert...
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...public or bringing new slaves into the country. Popular support against slavery was also augmented by the extensive evidence compiled by the British anti-slavery abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, who produced detailed accounts of the barbarous nature of the slave trade on his wider travels around the Empire. By 1789 William Wilberforce had initiated an anti-slavery...
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...Publications Ltd. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...public that it is important to save these animals and these places. The possibilities and restrictions of releasing media to the public These projects are very complex because there’s many different parties involved in funding wildlife television projects and so it’s very difficult to get all the parties to agree on any one thing, especially when it comes to sharing...