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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...account via the ‘Sign up / Sign in’ button. Please open it in a new tab or window, follow the instructions to register an account then once your new account is created, return to this page in your browser rather than following the ‘return to the page you were on’ button in the registration screens (and login via the ‘Sign up / Sign in’ button), then click on...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...account) . But the idea of the ‘next level’ is misleading because a PhD is very different from a taught course at undergraduate or Masters level. It is more appropriate to think of a PhD as a new engagement with the psychology discipline, involving continuities from your previous study (for instance, in the emphasis on reading and academic writing) but a generally...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...accountable and responsible for their leadership actions; new leadership roles created, collaborative teamwork is the modus operandi and inter-dependent working is a cultural norm. Distributed leadership is about collective influence – it is not just some accidental by-product of high-performing organisations. (Harris, 2014) But what are the practical implications of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...account of an investigation or experiment that you have carried out, whereas a business report may require you to imagine that you are making recommendations to your boss or colleagues for a particular course of action. You need to strive for relevance and conciseness, and your report should proceed in a logical and ordered way...Essay and report writing skills: 4.3...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...account of the modern workplace. However, it is worth reminding ourselves that for many work remains hard physical labour suffered through economic necessity as we see in the following documentary. Watch the next film, where workers in France account for their experiences in the car, food, fishery and electronics industries. What do you think it means to be ‘engaged’...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...accounting and finance. Moreover, it is flexible enough to be used with all types of data, irrespective of whether the data is qualitative or quantitative. In this section, you will make extensive use of Excel spreadsheets. Therefore, your task is to learn and familiarise yourself with the basics of using Excel. This will enhance your analytical skills as well as your...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...accountability which is missing in other accounts of leadership. With this in mind, we will encourage you to think about an ideal, albeit imaginary person evoked by your organisation and ask that you reflect on how (a) this person is brought to life through practices and processes and (b) how this image might be challenged, questioned and adapted. After completing this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...account which draws out different kinds of collaboration, and some of the possibilities and challenges of collaborative working relate that account to the current environment for voluntary organisations and to acting and leading within that context offer a critique of the account of collaborative leadership introduced in this week’s studies...Week 1: Thinking about...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs