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Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...health records, your education, your credit rating, etc, etc. And whenever you engage with a financial institution, a government, a company, you decide which bits of that information you’re going to share. But it’s not the case that the bank has your banking information, or that the government just has your passport information. No, you have access to that and you can...
How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...health bodies. Despite the government’s promise to publish guidance or statement of expectations, cash-strapped local authorities are unable to adequately respond, and investment is urgently needed by central government to ring-fence a funding stream to address historical underfunding of these services. In a context of austerity and competitive commission favouring...
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...health and safety for dance, click on ‘view document’ below to read Warming Up and Cooling Down and visit the Dance UK website. view document...Dance skills: 2 Posture, alignment and balance - Posture and alignment are the key to balance and moving through space. It can be tempting to overlook such things when faced with 25 students, of whom a third want to do a...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...Health Organization. On top of this, systems thinking is used in UK policy making at both local and national government, has influenced the work of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the Circular Economy and is thought to be an important facet of the Sustainable Development Goal 17 that deals with bringing the work on all other 16 goals together as part of a global...
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...public. Only the tax office is sent the true financial picture of their business. Whatever the role of the accountant, and whatever the size and nature of the business they are serving, they need to develop a wide and deep range of knowledge and skills. Strategic leadership, effective communication, and thorough analysis are just three skills of a modern professional...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...publications. Watch this video that introduces the week: Where am I starting from? Welcome to Week 1 of Personal branding for career success This week, you’ll start by asking ‘what is a personal brand’? You’ll see definitions from academics and business professionals and explore the pros and cons of developing a personal brand. You’ll think about your own...
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...health has not been too great. His health complaints are centred around angina, and other heart problems. The discovery of the body was in slightly unusual circumstances. The first we became aware of something having happened is when our officer, Sandra Ashton, was flagged down whilst returning to the police station after another call out. She was flagged down by Neale...
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...public sector. The survey also reported that coaching is perceived by HR professionals as the most effective way to deliver learning and development, and that half of those questioned intend to introduce coaching in the near future. It is also interesting to note that coaching is seen as more effective at present than other kinds of provision including emerging...