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Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...laws and when training takes place, but he can influence how the training is provided and other aspects of it. Job B Arshia manages a drop-in advice centre for homeless teenagers. She has relative freedom in deciding what, when and how assistance is offered within the range of organisational capability. The management committee has just set out a new strategic direction...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...laws – ITV launched its own service, TVam in the February of that year). It was only then that the BBCemployed a further 20 designers and invested in the much needed computer hardware and software. The computers use throughout the rest of television graphics has followed a path of ever-increased usage – from its control of the rostrum camera, to being able to generate...
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Article 15 mins
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...law. We are, after all, responsible for the safety of the young people we work with. When you are trying to resolve conflict, you may take a different position to the young person, but listening carefully to what they are saying will help you identify common ground. Furthermore, if you involve others who can offer new perspectives on the situation, you are demonstrating...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...law only changed in 1961, but the stigma endured; the Samaritans and mental health experts advise against the use of the term ‘commit’ in relation to suicide, preferring ‘to die by suicide’, but the word still regularly appears in newspaper headlines. The same voices have strongly opposed the view that suicide is “part of the pattern of life”, ultimately...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...law, it’s the five books of Moses, it’s the basis of the Jewish faith. All synagogues have an ark, because you must have a Torah. It’s got to be kept in a place that’s appropriate, and it’s got to be created with an incredible amount of respect. In the majority of Synagogues across the world, you will see above the ark something representing the 10 commandments....
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Video 30 mins
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...Law of Marginal Gains (the belief that small improvements to any process amount to a significant improvement when added together) means that many small improvements over time can lead to extraordinary outcomes. Activity 2: Value Stream Mapping Timing: allow at least 30 minutes Try applying Value Stream Mapping to a process at your organisation. Using a whiteboard or a...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...law where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved. Simon Lancaster Another great technique is imagery, and the power of metaphor in particular. Metaphor works on two levels. On a basic level it illuminates and abstracts issue. But crucially the second level it works at is its persuasive ability: that it can put an audience into a particular frame...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr