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Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...business as usual. Many organisations – and even governments – know that people’s attention spans are limited by the demands of contemporary life, and that media tends to move on from news stories quickly. [Described image] Figure 7 Leadership involves perseverance and persistence to enact change Hence when organisations face a difficult public issue, it is quite...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...Business School 11.20 to 13.00 How did we arrive at the current context for science–society relations? What are the current aims of public engagement? What are the strengths and limitations of public engagement for policy formation, decision-making, etc.? Are these aims challenged by the ‘innovation agenda’? LUNCH Session 3 Science, policy and people Giskin Day...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...busy again at lunchtime when those not going home for lunch eat a sandwich or a snack. Finally, in the early evening (at the end of the working day) people drop in for an aperitivo before dinner. Some people might also come and have a drink or an ice cream later in the evening. Most bars, however basic, have small tables on the pavement outside where you can sit and watch...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...business skills. Niven, who also studied art at one time, has an artist's eye for his city - the streets, the buildings, the effect oflight - and his Glasgow is a beautiful place as well as a prosperous one. SEANDAMER The events of the First World War were to change all that. The emergence ofa genuinely national British press in the nineteenth century was vital in this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...business assembling and marketing plastic kettles. The significant investment required for the fabrication of stainless steel kettles did not apply to these new assemblers, and the number of companies producing plastic kettles increased tenfold. They joined established companies such as Russell Hobbs who had their own in-house design, manufacture and marketing capability....
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...busy complaining and whining about Coursera and these big MOOC formats, my first response would be, you know, build something better that has a bigger impact globally on the quality of lives of people taking these courses and I’ll listen to your complaint. Up until then it’s just, you know, there’s no point in complaining about something that in my eyes is having...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...business and obviously there’s a huge number of enormous challenges out there, but I think during the course of my career, I’ve seen environment become a lot more mainstream. Everybody knows about climate change these days, everybody knows about pollution, everyone talks a lot about where their food comes from in ways they didn’t used to do, so I think there’s...
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Video 30 mins
The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...business would permit, and returning to their trade and family affairs again. Jesus, in order to prove the truth of his divine doctrine by his works, wrought his first miracle at the marriage at Cana in Galilee, and was pleased that these two brothers should be present at it with his holy mother. Jesus, going up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, stayed some days in...
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Article 5 mins