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Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...simple chained price index use the Retail Prices Index and the Consumer Prices Index to measure price changes...Prices, location and spread: 1 Measuring location - Measuring location has two components: gathering data about the quantity of interest determining a value to represent the location of the data. The task of gathering appropriate data is somewhat
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...simple calculations in your head or on paper. Such calculations could be to estimate the size of an answer, as a check for your calculator work. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Mathematics. Get careers guidance This course has been included in the National Careers Service to help you develop new skills...Numbers, units and arithmetic: Learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...Code: A global search for what makes things funny, “Plato and Aristotle contemplated the meaning of comedy while laying the foundations of Western philosophy… Charles Darwin looked for the seeds of laughter in the joyful cries of tickled chimpanzees. Sigmund Freud sought the underlying motivations behind jokes in the nooks and crannies of our unconscious.” One of...
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Article 10 mins
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...simple voice-over, the source remains an absent presence – heard but not seen. Although, even here, marketers might use a recognisable voice to create a connection to the audience. Well-known actors with distinctive voices are frequently employed in this capacity. Examples of actors whose distinctive voices have been used in voice-overs include Stephen Fry, Morgan...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...simple way in which he communicates and drives that vision pulls people around him and creates a team spirit within the community, such that even politicians are challenged to try to do more. SPEAKER 1: Marcus Rashford knows he has a role to play. His passion and commitment draws people to the cause, and his message cannot be ignored, even by the politicians. MICHAEL...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...Simple assistive tools are also built into essential software such as web browsers. As an introduction, spend two minutes viewing the video. LILIAN SOON: Accessibility and web browsers. Web browsers have many features to make exploring the internet easier. Here are four ideas to try. Caret browsing. Navigate the text in a web page using your arrow keys by pressing the F7...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...simple, it is speaking or writing clearly such that any message you (the sender) intend to send to someone else (the receiver) is exactly the one which they receive. This means that as well as the detailed content of the message, we have to give some thought to the language we use e.g. ask ourselves if the receiving person might misunderstand any words or phrases we use....
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...simple point; if you only have one quick question to ask then obviously it won’t be necessary to organise a formal interview. Just seek an appropriate moment to ask your question. If, however, you have a series of related questions then this will probably need a fixed period of time when you won’t be interrupted. Does your question require a considered or spontaneous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs