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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...research is fraught with conceptual weaknesses. Traditional trait views of leadership are also problematic in the sense that they tend to promote a certain kind of leader, often masculine and white, over alternatives. Despite its weaknesses, viewing leadership ‘as a person’ does involve a definite figure who you can identify, criticise or praise. As a result, this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...research reveals. You will consider how to nurture an effective motivational and team climate. The final theme is globalisation and power relationships in football and in business. You will examine the commercial and global expansion of the game and how different dimensions of power are used in football and other businesses. If you have enjoyed this course and are...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...research on the metabolic basis of this physiological state has been carried out in the USA on the black bear, which occurs over most of USA and southern Canada and is smaller and easier to maintain in captivity than brown bears or polar bears...Animals at the extremes: Polar biology: 3.3.1 Dormancy in black and brown bears - The dormant state of bears differs from true...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 7(3), pp. 299–313. Nwaubani, A. (2020) Remembering Nigeria’s Biafra war that many prefer to forget. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ news/ world-africa-51094093 (Accessed: 10 March 2022). Power, M., Widdop, P., Parnell, C., Carr, J. and Millard, S. (2020) ‘Football and politics: the politics of football’. Managing Sport...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...research has gone into making computing more accessible for people with disabilities. A user with limited movement may be able to use a joystick or a trackball to navigate a graphical user interface, and make input via programmable buttons. Ergonomic keyboards or software that converts a screen into a keyboard are now widely available. Eye-tracker technology, which tracks...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...Research Cycle (Twining, 2011) extends that by adding in two further stages: finding out what the wider community already knows about the need you have identified sharing in return what you’ve learnt through your activities or actions to further enrich the community knowledge base. Activity 3 Timing: 10 minutes Read this brief introduction to practitioner research by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...research by climate scientists collaborating internationally has built up a picture of the earth's weather systems being transformed by human activities. These changes are often referred to, in a kind of shorthand, as ‘global warming’. The prospect of global climate change and what it might mean for the way we experience and imagine our planet is the theme of this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...research and development, which sees whether it is technically feasible, then to design and finally to manufacturing. This is sometimes known as ‘baton passing’, following the analogy of a team running a relay race. Needless to say, developing projects using this type of teamwork requires that a manager with oversight of the entire project must ensure that each...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs