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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...management: reflections and projections’, Women in Management Review, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 6–18. SCVO (2020) State of the Sector 2020. Available at: https://scvo.org.uk/policy/evidence-library/2020-state-of-the-sector-2020-scottish-voluntary-sector-statistics (Accessed: 8 October 2020). Sergeant, H. (2015) ‘Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh: how the world...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 3
Nature & Environment

I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 3

...project has hit rock-bottom. Charlie has to decide what to do next. In our clips, the forest catches fire - and Charlie uses a halluciogenic brew to get a clearer head...[Charlie Hamilton James with cattles] I Bought a Rainforest is a new series following wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James who has bought 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest. Charlie's original aim was...
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Introducing language and creativity
Languages

Introducing language and creativity

...introduction to creativity - and explores its links with language...What is creativity, and what does it have to do with language? This animation looks at how people use language in creative ways, at the roles linguistic creativity plays in society, and at how people go about studying it. Inspired? For more about English language studies at the Open University visit our...
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Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...management. With the technology now available to us, we can now work on high-quality collaborative projects without the need for in-person meetings. Collaboration is a key part of the workplace. For many people, the only way to effectively get work done is to partner with others. In a hybrid environment, it’s important for collaboration not to be impacted. Even if you...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Introducing Geography Matters
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Geography Matters

...project. In this audio, Karen interviews Gillian Rose, lead academic on the project, Nick Bingham, Environmental Studies Qualification Director and Head of Department Michael Pryke. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio. Gillian Rose [Professor Gillian Rose] Karen talks to Gillian about Geography Matters, what the project is, and what it offers to...
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Article 5 mins
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...manages a project like Family Time in the neighbouring county-- asking if I'd read the report. And I emailed back, and soon we were in one of those depressing email threads where we both start to see a future with our own referrals going down and down, and no way we'll meet our targets. And then the finances fall over, and so on, and so on. Anyway, I had a staff meeting...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...projections by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) predict that the number of over 80s in the UK is set to double over the next 25 years. But what of the fertility rate? How might that affect population size in just the UK? The following chart is a particular sort of chart known as a population pyramid, taken from an interactive population projection application also...
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Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

...introduction to social work law Social work law and UK regulation Applying social work law to children and families Applying social work law to asylum and immigration In An introduction to social work law you will learn what social workers do in their day to day practice with people. You will explore the importance of social work values and consider the challenges of...
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Article 10 mins