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The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...mode, the staff member will tend to adopt a child state of mind, becoming perhaps defensive, dependent or argumentative. Awareness of both our state of mind and the other person's can help to achieve more effective communication and to develop more positive relationships...The importance of interpersonal skills: 3 Roles - Quite often in work situations we are asked to...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...et al. in Wall, Beck and Scott, 2020). This is the form of inquiry that borrows language and processes from research (including assumptions about the nature of this). Adopting an appreciative approach to inquiry arguably straddles both these definitions. We can adopt an appreciative stance towards our practices as a constant process of identifying opportunities to build...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...et al., 2009)...Week 1: What is citizen science?: 3 Who is a citizen scientist? - Participants in citizen science – i.e. citizen scientists – are involved in a wide range of research projects in subjects such as astronomy, medicine, climate change, invasive species, conservation, ecological restoration, monitoring water quality and studying population ecology, to name...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...et al., 2020). Constructive dissent can be more or less public. When it happens privately, it is usually within small groups of people who are committed to improving the organisation through dialogue. However, such attempts to provide constructive dissent are sometimes not acknowledged or listened to. Under such circumstances, dissenters need to decide how far they are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...et al., 2011). Figure 2 The footprint as a powerful image of treading on or occupying the Earth. A UK individual’s carbon footprint arises mainly from home energy use and personal travel, including flights, and from consumption of food, goods and services...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: 1.3 Individual and household carbon footprints - There are different...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...le polar français L801 Translation as a career You might also be interested in The Open University Pathway ‘Being Digital’. Making the decision to study can be a big step and The Open University has over 50 years of experience supporting its students through their chosen learning paths. You can find out more about studying with us by visiting our online...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...mode of heating in UK homes well into the 1960s. These homes weren’t very warm – a survey in 1949–50 showed average whole-house temperatures ranging from 12.4°C to 14.2°C (Danter, 1951). With the introduction of North Sea gas in the 1970s there also came gas-fired central heating. The proportion of the housing stock with central heating rose from 31% in 1970 to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...24/7 y DU, am ddim ar y rhwydweithiau ffôn mwyaf, i unrhyw un mewn argyfwng, unrhyw le, unrhyw bryd, os ydych chi’n cael trafferth ymdopi ac eisiau help ar unwaith. Testun: 85258 Switchboard Mae Switchboard yn darparu gwasanaethau gwrando a chyfeirio i’r gymuned LBGTQ+. Mae Switchboard yn rhoi lle diogel i unrhyw un drafod unrhyw beth, gan gynnwys rhywioldeb, hunaniaeth rywiol, iechyd rhywiol lles emosiynol ac iechyd. ......
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