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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...managing time and stress, and working in teams or groups...This free course, Developing your skills as an HR professional, will help you to develop some of the skills you will need to be effective as an HR professional. You will practise learning reflectively and you will also develop the skills of organising yourself, managing time and stress, and working in teams or...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...Introduction - In this course, we will focus on learning about, and so developing, skills in using particular inquiry methods connected to conversations and interviews. There are many ways of distinguishing between different methods of gathering information. Look at any book on research methods and it’ll have some subtle differences from another, so there is no single...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...introduction to robotics, playful computer programming, and the internet of things. Most recently he has been writing about aspects of computer security from malicious software to cybercrime and cyberwar. Mike’s lecture is inspired by his teaching for the OU Module TM112 Introduction to computing and information technology, which will run from April October 2018. In...
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Article 5 mins
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...project is trying to understand what works to keep people living with dementia and their carers engaging with the walks and outdoor environments. For more information about the research study please visit www.keepmewalking.info​​ website. We know that sustained benefits come from regular engagement with activities (see more in Five Pillars of Ageing Well) but this is...
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Article 10 mins
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...Introduction: Our project: Witness to Harm, Holding to Account - Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings: a mixed methods study Our research aimed to understand the experience of people being a witness in the Fitness to Practise process. We focused on cases where the witness or their family member has died or...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...projects (plan, implement and review; collect, analyse and manage relevant information). You should now also understand how fundraisers might work in your organisation and the challenges they face...Week 5: Introducing fundraising: 5.1 Learning from the fundraising process - As you heard earlier, when Anna was talking about the organ fundraising project, the people...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...introduction to this album. Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated without the loss of traditional values Ghana: Who are the Kente weavers? A look...
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Audio 48 mins
Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?
Education & Development

Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?

...project investigating effective mentoring approaches of student teachers...In the session, participants were engaged and represented a range of backgrounds in mentoring (both within Initial Teacher Education and beyond). The project’s findings showed that a range of approaches to mentoring of student teachers are needed in order to be effective and that these need to be...
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Video 5 mins