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Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...motivation. An alternative model to describe the everyday leadership which is part of inclusive school practice is grassroots leadership. Davidson and Hughes (2021) suggest three characteristics of grassroot leaders. These leaders see conflict and injustice as a springboard for change and improvement; they recognise the need to earn and maintain trust to exert an...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...et al., 2012, p. 632) This free course is an adapted extract from an Open University course BB844 Marketing in the 21st century...Marketing in the 21st century: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate whether marketing is a process or philosophy think analytically, creatively and in an integrated manner about marketing ethics...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...et al., 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these differences are a result of the differing concerns of different academic disciplines, the perspectives of different stakeholders in the innovation process and the different contexts in which innovation is considered. Thus, for example, an economist may be concerned with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...et al., 2013) with some points of interest. Above is a map from the latest measurements of Antarctic bedrock topography. Blue-green colours are below sea level. You can see the broad outline of the continental shelf, with a steep edge falling off to the dark blue deep ocean. This BBC article has a lovely fly-over video, bringing to life the world of great mountain ranges...
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Video 10 mins
Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...et al., 1998). [Described image] Figure 1 Map indicating the location where mosquitoes were sprayed (hatched area), consisting of a 20–25 km-wide belt along the Mediterranean coast. To understand the reason for this recovery, the responses of different mosquito populations to exposure to the insecticide were examined. Researchers collected mosquito larvae from...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...motivators. Historical sources would still be consulted, but at the core of these episodes were stories of the period that had already been told. The Romans was a fairly close parody of the Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, to the point of lifting a couple of scenes; The Myth Makers (1965) took the viewers into the world of Homer’s Iliad. The other change in these historicals...
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Article 5 mins
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...motivated as they have a vested interest in pursuing topics that are interesting to them. As a result, the content is often rooted in life experiences, giving an authentic purpose for the learning and connecting it to a real-world context. Consequently, the learning becomes meaningful, purposeful and deeper resulting in learning experiences that stay with the student for...
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Article 15 mins
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...motivations, feelings and experiences about a particular sugary snack choice. You are most likely to do this with a small group of people as it is time consuming to analyse interview data. Alternatively, you may choose to question a number of people at some distance to yourself via a questionnaire, asking higher level questions about the choices they make and why....
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Article 5 mins