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Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...course, Understanding and managing risk, provides an introduction to financial risk management. The processes of risk identification, risk measurement and risk management are explored. The course then goes on to examine reputational risk and operational risk. It concludes with an examination of the subject of behavioural finance and what this can contribute to our...
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...course. You will meet some aquatic mammals, find out how we can study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group....Aquatic mammals: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Bottlenose dolphins Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...course, Watching the weather, describes how meteorological observations are made looking upwards from the surface of the Earth, looking downwards from satellites in space and from aircraft and balloons within the atmosphere. This international network of observations is vital for scientists and forecasters and the results impact on everyones daily activities...This free...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...course, Understanding your sector, will help you to understand the difference between sectors, industries and professions. It will also help you to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored to you...Are you in a job you don’t like or which doesn’t satisfy you? Do you want a more...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...course, Understanding organisational value, will explore how organisations can draw on established theories of value creation for fostering and promoting new types of value...All organisations must find new ways that benefit both their stakeholders and society. This means constantly improving their processes, goods and services. In the 21st century, new ideals of...
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...course, Understanding management: I'm managing thank you! provides you with a set of ideas for developing your approach to managing your own work what we might call self-management. In order to do this, we will examine some of the key processes of management decision making, such as allocating time, staff, physical and financial resources: prioritising and problem solving...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks at how research data are produced and how they are analysed. The course also includes case study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling...What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative research...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...course, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM, provides a toolkit for conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). SoTL involves educators using their disciplinary knowledge to investigate a question about learning and teaching, gather evidence in a systematic way, submit their findings for...