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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...managed to turn our disadvantage into an advantage. My imperfect German and newcomer status in Austria became an effective interview icebreaker. Their experience of migration and marginalisation became a skill valued by clients and coveted by employers in the migration third sector – a significant advantage against the backdrop of a discriminatory labour market which...
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Article 5 mins
Systems thinking: a select glossary
Money & Business

Systems thinking: a select glossary

...introduction to the discipline. Definitions of some generalized system concepts used in systems practice. Boundary Closed system Communication Connectivity Difficulty Emergent properties Environment Feedback Hierarchy Holon Measure of performance Mess Monitoring and control Networks Open system Perspective Purpose Resources System System of interest Systems thinking...
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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...management of online learning at Trust, school, subject or phase level, this free course is built upon extensive research into how school leaders strategically manage and plan for online provision of learning. It addresses how schools manage particular challenges and opportunities which online learning provides. During the course you will consider real challenges via case...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Manager at Northampton Partnership Homes. Paul gained his OU degree course in Environmental Management and Technology, qualifiying with first class honours in 2019. He started postgraduate study towards a Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice in 2020 and completed the first module, Managing change with STiP (TB872) and enrolled in a second module, T891, Making...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...Introduction: English Hungarian confectionary cake traditions are modern, most being invented in the last 150 years. These cakes are much celebrated, and local cukrászda (cake shops) are favourite places for people to go. In the cukrászda famous cakes such as Dobos torta and Rákóczi túrós are offered alongside less well-known but equally delicious varieties. The...
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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...manage soils so they store carbon rather than lose it would help avoid dangerous climate change...[Man holds a handful of soil in a field with a spade behind him. ] Climate scientists anxious to find ways to limit atmospheric greenhouse gases have started to look at the ground beneath their feet. They calculate that although the world’s soils already hold 2.4 trillion...
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Article 10 mins
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...Introduction - A good deal of a student’s time is spent reading textbooks, academic books, journals, encyclopaedias, newspapers, magazines and websites. These are the sources of information and ideas that are needed to understand a subject. Watch the introductory video from the author, Anna Calvi, as she introduces the course and this week: Welcome to Week 1. This week...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Greek Theatre
History & The Arts

Greek Theatre

...introduction to this album. Attending the theatre in Athens Historians discuss the significance and meaning of theatre in Ancient Greece. Actors in Greek theatre Why actors in ancient Greece wore masks and were highly skilled. How the plays survived How precious Greek plays survived against all odds to influence theatre into the 21st Century. Modern productions of...
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Audio 41 mins