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How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...Education in Children and Families...How places affect well-being: References - Altman, I. (1975) The Environment and Social Behavior. Brooks / Cole Publishing Co. Bai, Y., Maruskin, L. A., Chen, S. et al. (2017) ‘Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement: Universals and cultural variations in the small self’, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...education, training and continuous development of the PMO personnel required to carry out these tasks is also the responsibility of the PMO...Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO): 2.2.1 PMO within organisational culture - An alternative approach to classifying the type of PMO is to consider the degree of control and influence that the PMO has on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...education. You're doing projects. You work. No one actually tells you some of this stuff about human relationships and nonverbal signals and all this sort of thing. But they are, I think, part of the armory of managers. You do need that if-- because at the end of the day, for most of us, our only asset is the people around us. Laptops, phones, the desks-- that's not what...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...educated readership would probably be familiar with the background story but the modern reader may be finding out for the first time that Daedalus was fleeing justice and retribution when he left Athens and took refuge in Crete. Daedalus had tried to murder his nephew, Talos, who had been entrusted to him as a second son to learn the craftsman’s trade, but whose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...education who served the emperor and some of whom wrote or commissioned diverse forms of literature, largely for the consumption of men of the same standing. Within this literature opinions were expressed and judgements passed on emperors, although when studying these it needs to be remembered that the authors often had their own political agendas or were influenced by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...educated and middle class man. My characters drove cars. They were not starving. Therefore, they were not authentically African. But I must quickly add that I, too, am just as guilty in the question of the single story. A few years ago, I visited Mexico from the US. The political climate in the US at the time was tense and there were debates going on about immigration....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...technology is now needed to ensure economical and sustainable water management. As the population increases, industries develop and the understanding of the health implications of pollutants grows. Pollution is defined as the introduction into the environment (water, air or land) of contaminants, the quantities, characteristics and duration of which are likely to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...technology (internet connection, phone signal, devices) working well for the duration of the interview. Whether the interview is face-to-face or not, you need to establish an environment conducive for interview. Try to make sure you have a quiet space and are unlikely to be interrupted. You may want to ask participants to switch their phones to silent with you to prevent...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs