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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...project management experience, social media tools, those are the skills that allow you to do specific functions of your role, ok? Soft skills are broader attributes; leadership, communication, time management, organisation, collaboration, team work, critical thinking. Soft skills influence how you do your work, and your upside in value because, to me, if you have really...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...project and management teams. Many job applicants worry about their lack of experience of teamwork. Sometimes they undervalue the experiences they have already gathered. Where lack of teamwork experience is a problem, it can be remedied in surprising ways, for example by seeking unpaid voluntary work. Involvement in sports clubs, choirs and orchestras should also not be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...managing people Project management experience No experience of managing budgets Now return to the template and balance the resources and restrictions for the goal(s) you listed for Activity 3. Which of the goals are the most important? Highlight them. What actions would help you to make the most of the resources you listed? And what would help you to reduce the effects of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...project, at least as seen by the non-technical manager, has something of this character; it is usually innocent and straightforward, but is capable of becoming a monster of missed schedules, blown budgets, and flawed products. So we hear desperate cries for a silver bullet – something to make software costs drop as rapidly as computer hardware costs do. But, as we look...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...managed to isolate two new elements within the pitchblende – polonium and radium. This was no mean feat as within a tonne of pitchblende there was less than a gramme of these new, highly radioactive elements. It was discovered that radioactive materials emit particles of three distinct types and that these had differing masses and charges. These three types of emission...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...Project management company Mosaic Projects (no author, no date) has produced a detailed white paper on active listening and effective questioning, which includes the following list of question types: Open questions – to gather information and facts, for example: ‘What are your concerns and worries about this situation?’ Probing questions – to gain additional...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...projects with your manager at the pub with a trusted friend who works in an area you’d like to explore. Activity 6 Thinking about your own career narrative Timing: Allow about 5 minutes. Choose a scenario where you might be sharing your career narrative, and decide who you will be sharing it with, e.g. chatting to someone at a sector networking event. Now make a note of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...management, business, and project management are helpful for careers in IoE. Computer-aided design (CAD), drafting, math, and physics are applicable and show a diverse education, which is perfect for an IoE career. The Open University is part of the Cisco Networking Academy programme. You can find out more about our Cisco courses and also explore our full computing...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs