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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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...introduction to this album Consciousness and the Limits of Science Professor Russell Stannard asks how can we ever understand the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain. Free Will and Determinism All day long we have to make choices. Professor Russell Stannard asks if were really free to choose. Cosmology Professor Russell Stannard explores what kind of...
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Audio 1 hr 49 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...
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Audio 24 mins
Living the Legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Living the Legacy

...introduction to this album. Darwin Now in Africa Sheila Ochugbojou discusses African Science Cafes and the other projects that she has been involved in to bring modern scientific thought and the ideas and approaches of Charles Darwin to a wide variety of people. Darwin Now in Brazil Roberta Kacowicz reveals the various British Council programmes that have been organised...
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Audio 26 mins
Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...introduction to this album. The pyramid at the Louvre Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. Open...
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Audio 14 mins
Music in Code
History & The Arts

Music in Code

...introduction to this album The Decap Cafe Organ The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code. The Pin Barrel What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall. Street Piano The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and...
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Audio 29 mins