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The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...business organisation. Co-ordination was essential to bring together supplies of raw materials, to organise workers and distribute their output. No point in having workers turn up at any old time, hoping that someone had brought in the cotton or wool to be processed, or hoping that someone had cleared yesterday’s output. Factories demanded considerable time-management....
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Article 10 mins
Cyfrifo eich ôl troed carbon
Nature & Environment

Cyfrifo eich ôl troed carbon

...businesses and citizens. Our analysis shows that over half the emissions reductions needed to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget [a 78% reduction on 1990 UK territorial emissions by 2035] involve people making low-carbon choices, whether adjusting to the different characteristics of low-carbon technologies (eg, electric cars), or by changing their current consumption patterns...
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North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...business of flying in the North Sea. This carries a Brexit echo of “take back control”. The Super Puma 225, once the North Sea's "workhorse", remains mothballed. Oil and gas workers have had to put their faith in another aircraft, the Sikorsky S-92. Operators are leasing more 92s to fill the gap left by 31 grounded Super Pumas. Yet the S-92 is not problem-free. In...
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Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

...business and management, to name but a few. Studying a course in Welsh could open even more doors, with an increasing number of employers looking for graduates with bilingual skills. The ability to discuss a subject at a highly technical level in more than one language is acknowledged as a valuable skill by employers in Wales and throughout the multilingual world. Watch...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...business, for which she had to wear long-sleeved overalls. This took a lot of patience and dedication, but she soon excelled in this skill. On her own initiative, she also attended night classes at Clydebank Technical College to learn technical drawing, an opportunity she had been denied at school because she was female. Tracing plans onto linen was a precise and highly...
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Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...business for management consultants. In this video we see one such consultant, Will Marre, outline his reasons for its contemporary importance. He summarises what he considers the different levels of employee engagement and proposes what he believes to be the most important factor in contemporary work affecting these levels. While watching, consider the following and make...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Succeed in the workplace Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...business that the employer is within. Ramesh: I usually do a background on the company where I'm attending the interview to see how the company has evolved during the last few years and in what direction are they aiming and how I can be an asset to that organisation. Paul: I'd want them to feel that I'd actually made the effort to find out something about them. Rachael:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...busy after I have retired. I worry about getting dementia and having strangers coming in to my home to help me. Reflecting on your own experiences of ageing is an important part of the academic study of ageing and later life because it affects the ways you approach the topic. Most people do not feel completely neutral about the topic of ageing. It is often difficult for...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs