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Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...perceptions and the reality of careers have changed, in both academic research and everyday understandings. This means that an organisational career for life doesn’t apply in many sectors; this is also true of STEM based careers – a career is a lifetime narrative that can change over time. For example, many career experts talk about the ‘boundaryless career’ and...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...perceptions and practice for adult skill development. Find out more here cpdstandards.com/research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...perception can be changed. Although changes in fat content can alter the taste of food, you can get used to having less. You will discover more about how we taste food later in the course...Week 1: The basics of food: 3.3 Butter and chocolate - Natural fats, such as butter, are made up of a mix of triacylglycerols with different lengths of tail. And, like the number of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...perceptions of conservation have changed significantly because they now see the gorillas as a sustainable source of income for them. NARRATOR Revenue from tourism trickles down to communities via job creation and extra trade, but there is also a scheme that puts a percentage of park entrance fees directly into the hands of local people. ENOCK TURYAGYENDA You know, there...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...perception, planning, and memory. So the brain is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence and self-efficacy, improve motor performance, prime your brain for success, and increase states of flow – all relevant to achieving your best life! (LeVan, 2009) Visualisation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...perceptions about their own degree of power within a team. Many teams experience conflict, in particular due to power differences between team members. In some teams, the source of the conflict is due to the different statuses (e.g. seniority) of team members and how they might use their power. Other team members may feel they cannot speak, or are not listened to if they...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...perceptions of the organisation’s value and purpose. In this way, important value differences can be addressed sooner rather than later...Week 2: Values and beliefs: 4 Values in the voluntary sector - Having examined organisational values and how personal values fit with organisations, you will now focus on whether it is possible to identify shared values in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...perceptions about what is and isn’t possible, dispelled some of the myths, I guess, around productivity, might go down if people aren’t in the office. How can I trust people to be doing the work that they say that they’re doing? So the pandemic kind of shifted that quite significantly. I think, from our perspective, we’d say that the shift is happening whether we...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs