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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...central to understanding what an organisation does and how it does it. How do you begin to determine the purpose of an organisation? Start by completing Activity 9. For this activity, you will need to select an organisation that is well known to you in some way. Perhaps you are a member of the organisation or you use its services regularly. You will not be expected to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...central struggle with existing competitors, there are new competitors entering the market, arguments with suppliers over the costs of inputs and persistent downward pressures on selling prices from customers. All these, except sometimes new entrant competitors from outside, are visible. Less obvious are the competitive forces that come directly and indirectly from...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...central to many children’s books, and the child who can go on adventures or undertake a quest without parental involvement is a feature that occurs again and again – for example, in both the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. In the book that you chose, there are probably other figures or plot similarities that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...central as they struggle to deal with the myriad ways in which the figure of woman becomes symbolic for all sides of the political debate. Yet the veil is often read by the West as evidence of the very denial of women’s agency, or is over-inflated into the most important feminist struggle. But, in fact, the requirement of the veil is often least of their problems....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...central value that can be designated as zero with equal numbers of positive and negative levels on either side. This is true whatever number of bits is used. For example, 3 bits gives 8 quantisation levels. If level 5 is taken as zero, there are four levels (1 to 4) on one side but three (6 to 8) on the other. Quantisation inevitably introduces errors because the analogue...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...Central government – D. They have control over resources and ultimate responsibility for success. There may be lack of interest in some parts of government, or influences due to corruption, etc. … Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – B. Low in resources but interested in the success of the programme. We do not, however, know about other sources of power such as...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...central to your case statement. See Box 3 for an example of this approach in action. Box 3 Children's Society pack aims for donor loyalty The Children's Society has developed a new loyalty initiative aimed at supporters recruited through face-to-face fundraising. Under the scheme, which was launched last week, anyone who signs up on the street will receive a welcome pack...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...centrally, in such a way that women's experiences, rather than those of men, are explored and realised. Mind-body dualism, outlined above, crucially has also been associated with other binaries, such as reason and passion, self and other, psychology and physiology. And with all these binaries one element is always subordinate to the other (Grosz, 1994). One association...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs