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Improve your everyday maths for free
Science, Maths & Technology

Improve your everyday maths for free

...working to improve numeracy across the UK. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free website to help you check and improve the maths you use in daily life and at work – such as managing your money, working out measurements and understanding percentages – rather than algebra or trigonometry. The Challenge is all about boosting your confidence by giving you access to...
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Article 10 mins
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...work to consider what the artist might be trying to say can be immensely rewarding...You can prepare for this free course, Making sense of art history, by looking around you. It's likely that wherever you are you'll be able to see some images. It's also likely that many of these will be intended to have some sort of effect on you. In the course itself you will be...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Maintenance page
Miscellaneous

Maintenance page

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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Diversifying classical music programming: performing more women composers
History & The Arts

Diversifying classical music programming: performing more women composers

...works by women composers...In this series of videos, Laura Hamer from The Open University discusses classical music programming and how it can be diversified by performing more music by women composers with Gabriella Di Laccio (Donne Women in Music), Róisín Maher (Finding A Voice Music Festival), Tim Parker-Langston (Hensel Songs Online), Stephan Meier (BCMG), Angela...
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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...works for the money they earn. The last several decades have witnessed people having to work longer hours—often for less and less pay. This has caused serious imbalances in the time they can devote to their family and personal interests. Increasingly, people feel as if they simply live to work rather than work to live. The attempt to increase pay can, therefore, also...
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Article 5 mins
My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...working world, there are a range of free to access courses below which explore some essential aspects of IT. Digital life Our lives are increasingly digital, knowing how to best utilise this at work is becoming more and more important. The free courses below explore some ways in which you can take advantage of these skills. More Creative suites and software In extension...
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Article 20 mins
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...work? How can engagement be encouraged? How does the reality of working conditions affect these attempts? To what extent does the structure of management and ownership in organisations affect the prospects of employee engagement? In this free course we explore these questions though three key themes: the concept of employee engagement employee involvement and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...works by women composers. The 6-week course considers the male-dominated nature of the contemporary classical music industry and how to programme more women. It offers practical advice on diverse programming, funding, building audiences, finding scores and resources, and how to promote the work of living women composers. The course is illustrated throughout by interviews...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs