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Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...sustained economic development? Will the EU be able to keep up technologically and economically with other world areas (USA, Japan, ‘Asian Tigers’) or will it lag behind and lose its competitive edge? Will future conflicts (including violent ones) be likely to originate at the cultural and religious levels or will more classical formulations, which emphasise the...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...sustainability, support or improvement is. The next section provides some guidance on how to make choices, even if the tools we have mentioned in this course are no longer available or suitable...Take your teaching online: 5 How to choose - [Described image] Figure _unit4.5.1 Figure 10 Choosing the right tool How you choose which technology to use can depend on a number...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...sustaining their attitudes and, inevitably, judging others’ actions. Values can be abstract, such as freedom of choice, or specific, relating to, for example, hunger, poverty or racism. [Described image] Figure 1 Examples of values Activity 1 Thinking about values Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes Figure 1 shows some examples of values. Identify the values you think...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...sustaining of eye contact, may be uncomfortable. In these situations, individuals may prefer more distance and personal space and less exposure to direct gaze. It is important to acknowledge that non-verbal cues may be influenced by many factors, including disability, social norms, and cultural preferences as well as poor mental health. It can be challenging to assess...
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...sustainable way of working? During the pandemic, productivity was not an issue. Globally, worldwide, people were measuring productivity. We did not have a decrease in productivity. But we did have a huge increase in burnout because people's work and lives were blending so much, and we're also stuck at home, and the stress of the pandemic as well. But mostly, it's people's...
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...sustainable. ELEANOR GARNIER It's not just the influence of foreign buyers and the influx of immigrants that's sucking up supply - there are many factors. Our strong cultural desire to own homes rather than rent, more people living alone and the help to buy scheme are all sighted. Close to the capital, in the South East, the ripple effect is being felt. Elsewhere, across...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...sustain and grow through a crisis. Worsley goes on to suggest that resilient adults will have identified at least three strong factors which they can reconnect with during times of stress or crisis, enabling them to survive and thrive. Activity 2 Choose a model Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Choose one of the two models outlined (or research another one if you prefer) and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...sustain attention, and another one is the anterior cingulate which controls how we locate and regulate attention and resolve conflict. When we do brain imaging, we find that all three of these networks are actually much more efficient in people that play action games. This actually leads me to rather counter-intuitive finding in the literature about technology and the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs