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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...perceptible qualities, but (if one may say so) with categories of relationship and qualities of thought. (Quoted in Yu. A. Belyi (1975) ‘Johannes Kepler and the development of mathematics’, in A. Beer and P. Beer (eds), Kepler: Four Hundred Years, Pergamon Press, p. 656.) It is interesting to notice that Kepler felt that the appeal to kinematical intuition in...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...perception is often influenced by striking characteristics or similarities to themselves. This is called the ‘halo’ effect and can work in either a positive or negative direction (the latter is sometimes called the ‘horns’ effect). The halo effect acts as a filter to any information that contradicts first impressions. For example, someone who attended the same...
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...perceptions. The devil’s advocate approach can expose underlying assumptions, but tends to emphasise the negative. Dialectical inquiry may be more balanced. The devil’s advocate A person advocates a plan. Another person (or perhaps someone specially appointed to be used in this way) then takes the role of an adverse critic, examining the proposal and analysis for...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...Perceptions of law Timing: 15 minutes Write down up to five words or phrases, or draw images, that you associate with ‘law’. Try to focus on what law means to you personally. (You may want to return to what you have written later on in the course and reflect on whether your thoughts have changed.) Once you have compiled a list, see if you can separate your...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...perceptions on the World Economic Forum website. The Global Risks Report 2022 (World Economic Forum, 2022a) Data on Global Risks Perceptions (World Economic Forum, 2022b) 1. Consider how you, your team and organisation can respond to and help minimise the impact on your stakeholders from the short-, medium- and long-term risks the World Economic Forum have identified....
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...perceptions of problematic online situations may differ greatly from those of adults. Because of the different perceptions of adults and youngsters, and the lack of a neat distinction between positive and negative experiences online, many psychologists opt to avoid the term ‘risk’, and prefer to talk about ‘problematic situations’, such as cyberbullying or misuse...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...perception of literature. I realised that people like me, girls with skin the colour of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature. I started to write about things I recognised. Now, I loved those American and British books I read. They stirred my imagination. They opened up new worlds for me. But the unintended consequence was...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...perception so as to make a product easier to use. To be involved in designing, then, means to be involved with using skills (e.g. researching, making, testing), using knowledge (e.g. about things, people, principles), using abilities (e.g. time planning, management), and using sensitivities (e.g. to values, context, markets). It is notoriously difficult to take this...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs