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This Sporting Planet
Society, Politics & Law

This Sporting Planet

...introduction to this album. What Sport Tells us About Life Ed Smith, professional cricketer and author of 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' (2008), discusses how and why sport has come to acquire such intense and diverse social meanings. Sport and Change Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their...
Audio 1 hr 29 mins
Globalisation and health
Society, Politics & Law

Globalisation and health

...introduction to album. The impact of globalisation Globalisation affects public health at many different levels, from the micro scale of virus transmission to the macro scale of world trade. The global-local interface How globalisation destroys borders creating a mutually interdependent world. Players in global health The players in global health, from international...
Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini
Science, Maths & Technology

Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini

...introduction to this album. Welcome to Santorini The beautiful Greek Island of Santorini, the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions known to humanity. Dr Steve Blake looks at the structures of the island's volcanic rocks. Santorini's Volcanic History Steve Blake pieces together the volcanic history on the island by closely examining two different kinds of rock....
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...Introduction and overview: Introduction and overview - Welcome to the course All my own work: exploring academic integrity. As you might anticipate from the title, the aim of this short course is to help you explore the issues around producing your own work for academic purposes. This course goes beyond the ‘nuts and bolts’ of referencing styles to enable you to...
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...HR manager, talk about how he uses LinkedIn in his company's recruitment. JOHN Our perspective in using things like LinkedIn and social media – I think certainly over the last few years we've seen that as a very viable route to market. It's replaced what I would call some of the headhunting activity, where we've gone out for professional roles. We've been able to post...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...Introduction - This course explores how retailers make use of marketing to identify and communicate with their customers. The course begins by creating a definition of retailing before exploring the importance of marketing with a retail context. The final part looks at how retailers might use marketing communications to interact and communicate with their customers. As...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...Introduction - In this course, we will focus on learning about, and so developing, skills in using particular inquiry methods connected to conversations and interviews. There are many ways of distinguishing between different methods of gathering information. Look at any book on research methods and it’ll have some subtle differences from another, so there is no single...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...Introduction - All through your life you continually change how you speak and what you speak about. Each situation you find yourself in demands a slightly different method of communication from you. You can probably think of situations when your communication has faltered and scenarios which result in misunderstanding. You either adapt by seeking expert help – for...