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An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...health sector is a professional context that everyone has first-hand experience with. People might not have medical knowledge or be employed at a doctor’s surgery or hospital, but the vast majority of people will spend time in these environments as a patient at least once in their life. Imagine you are at a hospital ward and experience the scene below. You have an...
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...public realm as well as devising our own projects. JULIA CHARLES: We operate within the corporate sector and the private sector. So an example of a corporate event, we do a product launch for Audi for their new car. And that would involve project management and we could then work on an amazing private event where we could organise a large festival for a private client for...
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...publication of a wide range of empirical studies of innovation in the mid to late 1970s, it was argued by Mowery and Rosenberg in 1978 that: Essentially, these empirical results indicated that the technology push and need [demand] pull models of innovation were extreme and atypical examples of a more general process of interaction between, on the one hand, technological...
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...public speaking or similar tasks – or, more likely, you reflect and learn from experience. Over time you develop differing degrees of awareness of how to respond appropriately in different situations. The opening two sessions of this course will accelerate your learning from experience. [Described image] Figure 1 Communication is key. In this first session of the...
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...public institutions, our government, our local authorities, our health boards, are facing a huge number of challenges. They’re trying to deal with the problems in the here and now, the cost of living crisis, the rising costs of care, the need to transition to a low carbon economy. And they are not going to be able to do those things without help, advice, and support...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...health in humans...Living psychology: animal minds: 4 From animal to human emotions - [Described image] Figure 6 Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp (1943−2017) holding a degu Another way of conceptualising basic emotions is in terms of the motivations that they give the animal experiencing them. The neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp identified seven distinct primal (rather than...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...public at a meeting or on radio, television, or whatever it is. So it’s not quite the same thing as lying, specifically in the House of Commons. So that I would-- that’s where I would draw a distinction. And, of course, it can sometimes become a grey area because you can say something, which you mean, but which perhaps you’re not able to fulfill. Now this is where...
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...public statements about the Platform Liability inquiry, emphasize “voluntary” measures. For example, Article 4.7 says that “Member States shall encourage co-regulation and self-regulation through codes of conduct. . . They shall provide for effective enforcement, including when appropriate effective and proportionate sanctions.” It is not clear what exactly these...