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Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...seeker or already in work. Watch this video, where Rebecca, a recruitment specialist, shares her thoughts on the importance of written communication in the workplace from an employer’s perspective. REBECCA FIELDING There are most jobs now that you would need to apply for where you'd need to use some form of app to communicate either your hours or what you're working on,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...asylums. While public protests critical of state policy were not feasible in countries such as the Soviet Union, they thrived in liberal democracies such as the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) resorted to a range of means to counter the anti-nuclear movement in Britain, whose anti-nuclear demonstrations...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...refugee camps. My cousin, Polle, died because he could not get adequate health care. One of my closest friends, Okoloma, died in a plane crash because our fire trucks did not have water. I grew up under repressive military governments that devalued education so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so as a child, I saw jam disappear from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...asylum seekers. He has been interpreting and liaising with local authorities on each individual’s behalf. There are only three people doing this work and he is the least experienced. He is often left to solve any problems that arise, although he can call on the more experienced members of the team if he needs them. Discussion Hopefully, despite their very different...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...Refugee"? Oh look, at the end there's information about the poets, 77 to 81. Well, let's look at that later and read one of the poems now. Why don't we start with the title poem, OK? Page one, then, I think. Here we go. "The Same Inside," by Liz Brownlee. Red perfumed apples and crunchy crisp green, used straight from the tree or in a tasty cuisine, like honey nut...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...Refugee and Migrant Justice were caused by organisations being too dependent on one source of income, particularly government contracts. Although the reasons for organisations failing are likely to be complex and intertwined, better financial management, together with maintaining stakeholder support, is important...Week 4: Working with financial information: 6 This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...refugees arriving at Amritsar, now a border town on Pakistan and India, following the Partition, 1947. Different kinds of post-colonial nationalism developed imagining different futures for an independent India. These included a federalised system in which provinces where the Muslim population was dominant would play a role in a unified Indian state. They also included...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...seekers, and you can use it to gather information on potential employers with Facebook pages. Twitter is mainly used on mobile phones and enables short messages of 140 characters or fewer to be sent to all the people who ‘follow’ an account. It may be used by recruiters to get messages out to many potential employees very quickly and so can be a very good way of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs