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Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...work in, it is incredibly important to be able to provide effective and constructive feedback to others without causing offence and in a way that motivates the other person to change behaviour. Giving feedback is an essential skill: especially with critical feedback, if it isn’t done effectively, or even avoided, it can have a hugely negative impact on the other...
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Article 10 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...working and home lives. They allow us easy and immediate communication with people all around the world. But it’s not just digital technology which plays a central role in the way we communicate. If you think of something as simple as scribbling down a note with a pen for someone to read, this involves technologies such as paper, ink and pen (there was a time, after...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...work – when product usability, particularly of consumer products, could be improved. Of course usability is just one of the many factors that designers need to be aware of. Products need to be manufacturable, they need to use materials that are suitable, they need to be sustainable and they need to be available to consumers at a certain price. Nevertheless, this course...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...work in a rural school in the outskirts of Oxfordshire which is predominantly non-black ? sort of speakers, pretty much 90 to 99 per cent white. Its eleven to eighteen mixed comparison school. Q Ok, right then I just want you to say who you are? T I’m a British Asian Muslim I have trained here at the department of education here at Oxford and I have been teaching now...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...working iteratively with the human research ethics committee to support equity-based design and conduct. Alison Buckler illustrates her responses through examples from her experiences within the Ibali project, which has evolved into an international knowledge network, and the CHILD project in Zimbabwe (Power et al., 2021). At one point in the video Alison points...
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Article 30 mins
Trusting Statistics in Today’s News
Science, Maths & Technology

Trusting Statistics in Today’s News

...this panel discussion, Dr Katie Chicot hosts statisticians Dr Kaustubh Adhikari & Professor Kevin McConway who explain when you can and can’t trust statistics. The discussion will cover important questions you should ask yourself about the statistics in front of you: Who produced the statistics? Why are they showing me this? Has the work been verified? Transcript...
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Video 10 mins
Business development skills for apprentices
Education & Development

Business development skills for apprentices

...work on your 'soft skills' (like assertiveness and self-confidence) or become adept at 'hard' skills (such as project management or IT applications), The Open University is here to help with our collection of free courses...[Business development skills for apprentices] Try our FREE courses in an array of subjects to support you. IT training Time and priority management...
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Article 5 mins
Engineering your dream career
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering your dream career

...working on the things you love. Discover engineering careers which match your passions in this short interactive experience on women in engineering...Have you ever considered a career in engineering? Perhaps this makes you think of dirty overalls, hard hats and a lot of maths. But in reality, engineering projects and job roles are much more diverse. Explore these 5 areas...
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Activity 10 mins