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Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...et al., 1976). These are set out below. Immobilisation: the initial ‘frozen’ feeling when you do not know what to make of your new role. Minimisation: you carry on as though nothing has changed, perhaps denying inside that you really have new roles as a manager. Depression: when the nature and volume of the expectations upon you have sunk in and you feel you cannot...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company © Figure 6: Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company Figure 6 Graph of basal metabolic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...et cetera, really important, and really important throughout childhood. Not only actually for physical development but for children's mental and emotional health as well. Learning to play, learning to be outside with other children, all really important things for the happy, healthy childhood that we want our children to have. And, of course, conversely, if children...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...et al (2020) focus on gender and race related advice for white men in the US, but they ‘believe it can be used by members of any privileged group who want to create inclusive organisations’: Educate yourself – take the time to read, listen, watch and deepen understanding. Recognise that members of an underrepresented group won’t all have the same experiences. Own...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...et l’Activité) instrument, which can detect minerals on the martian surface. Clay minerals and hydrated sulfates, which can only form in the presence of water, were found at Terra Meridiani, Mawrth Vallis, Nili Fossae, Aram Chaos, and Valles Marineris - as well as in isolated locations in the martian Highlands. Combining relative age information obtained from craters...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...et al. 2020) and sustainability and AI (e.g. Schwartz et al. 2020). Activity 5 Timing: 20 minutes From the cases you have considered so far in this week, clear evidence is mounting that the impact AI and related technology is having on our lives is in fact deliberate: that, as shocking as it may seem, much of this technology has in fact been designed to have these...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...et al., 2005)...Understanding and managing risk: 2.2 The risk management process - An organisation’s attitude towards the various forms of risk to which it is exposed should be a direct interpretation of its business strategy. This has implications both ways: the strategy itself must address the appetite and capacity for risk within the business and the systems and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...et al., 2005). A YouGov survey found that 35 per cent of those polled were kept awake at night worrying about their debts, with the respondents citing debt as the number one cause of family breakdown (YouGov, 2006). Therefore, despite the fact that the data on debt across the whole of the UK show that the value of household assets is much greater than liabilities, a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs