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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...techniques that make it much harder to create copies, as well as by trying to persuade users of the benefits of the original product. Such attempts at persuasion can look very threatening, as I noticed on a recently purchased CD which has the following printed on the back cover: FBI Anti-piracy Warning: Unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law. Several...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...techniques of ‘Othering’ – and how to avoid them for The Guardian, Powell (2017) explains how othering is harmful for societies and what everyone can do to counter this tendency. Powell’s suggested alternative of belonging addresses structural and interpersonal actions that are the result of othering and offers an alternative approach which strives for...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship, as well as knowledge of professional responsibility, integrity and ethics. Practical, professional and employability skills. Those that stood out for Master’s graduates (compared with Bachelor’s with Honours graduates) emphasised the importance of acting autonomously in planning and implementing...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...techniques used in schools develop an awareness or understanding of undesirable behaviours and the possible reasons for such behaviours...Behavioural management: 1 Children’s behaviour - Jon Richards, UNISON’s head of education (cited in Bennett, 2015a), notes a few simple truths about children’s behaviour: Everyone experiences difficult behaviour at school...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...techniques which may go alongside other teaching content. And then I think finally more broadly, I think, as a way of working, I think we are continuing with many of our meetings conducted online. That we are more flexible in the working conditions we are able to offer staff with more working from home. And it's important, I think, that we do still have opportunities...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...technique in degus kept in a secure enclosure within the matorral. Urine osmolality was measured in wild-captured degus using microhaematocrit capillary tubes to obtain samples from the urethra. (Note: whereas osmolarity measures the number of osmotically active particles of a particular substance in a volume of fluid, osmolality measures the equivalent number in a mass...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...techniques almost as a proxy for the family bond. Gaining commitment through share ownership, for instance, so that everyone has a personal stake in the business. Take the John Lewis Partnership, a major UK worker co-operative. Employees are known as ‘partners’, receive a share of annual profits and have a say in the running of the business regardless of their role is...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...techniques, values, to the next generation. So here is a chimpanzee, three and a half years old. Not yet acquired the skill. Then the girl went to an adult chimpanzee who is cracking open nuts and carefully watching the skill in this close distance. This is their way of observation. Now the girl went back to her original place to try to crack open nuts. Still very...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs