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The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...busy pricking out their marigolds." [Freshly dug vegetables] I remembered that incident as I was reading a new book called The Gardens of the British Working Class which reveals the part that gardens have played in the lives (and indeed the politics) of working class people from the 1500s to the present day. And its author is Margaret Willes, previously publisher for the...
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Article 15 mins
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...Business & Management Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...The importance of interpersonal skills: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of interpersonal skills describe how good communication with...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...from home. Where it's landed us now is a much more wider use of technology across the business, if you like. So you would always have the IT departments and the data areas who would be at the forefront of using some of these tools-- collaboration tools, messaging tools, those sorts of things. And now that has to be everybody because that's the way that we're communicating most of the time. So the real shift is in the ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...business, shifting between the pastures in spring and summer and hunkering down during Mongolia’s harsh winter here on the outskirts of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. But with Tumurbat unable to work, they have had to sell almost all their sheep. Enkhjargal has had to take a part-time job in a local abattoir to make ends meet. Diagnosed late, barely a year ago, Tumurbat’s...
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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...money, they need resources, they need finance, they need expertise. For these countries they will want to know this deal will deliver to us maybe not enough but enough to get moving, the resources, the technology, expertise that we need to start dealing with the problem and that will need to be real and deliverable for them to say, ‘Actually, this works for us.’ RH:...
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Succeed in the workplace Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...business that the employer is within. Ramesh: I usually do a background on the company where I'm attending the interview to see how the company has evolved during the last few years and in what direction are they aiming and how I can be an asset to that organisation. Paul: I'd want them to feel that I'd actually made the effort to find out something about them. Rachael:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...business, education and government, discusses what employers can do to maximise diversity and enable social mobility, observing that ‘learning and development plays an important role in levelling the playing field for socially diverse talent’. Recruiting and retaining that socially diverse talent benefits both employers and employees but, as Gemma Hallett, Head of...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...money out, less money in. Economic impact: Growth, Savings, Debt, Investment, Consumption, Labor markets, Pensions, Taxation Social impact: Family composition, Living arrangements, Housing demand, Migration trends, Health care Political impact: Voting patterns, Political representation The elderly bring: Inspiration – values, Work ethic – culture, Leadership –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs