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Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...adults reporting working from home exclusively has varied over the course of the past year. Working adults, Great Britain, May 2020 to May 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics – Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. Notes for Figure 13: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. ‘Spring 2020 lockdown’: 23 March 2020 to 13 May 2020. ‘Autumn and winter 2020...
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...adults - are too large to fall victim to such a predator. Animals like large herbivores that are heavily predated often live in herds where their strength in numbers mean that combined efforts can help to spot or perhaps fend off predators. For the kinkajou, predation is less of a problem, and may well explain why these animals are largely solitary in their feeding....
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...adult seal and develops a thick layer of blubber. [Described image] Figure 8 Weddell seal and pup, sourced from CoolAntarctica.com Question 2 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Can you think of a likely explanation for this change? Answer Blubber provides better insulation in the water (and the smoother coat of the adult improves its streamlining). A fur coat traps a layer of...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...adult. The child is asking the adult ‘So is learning political, miss?’] Figure 3 At what level?...Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change: 2 Mindset and models for inclusive leadership - [Speech bubble image with the text: What do you think?] Figure 4 The EU project mentioned above conceptualised inclusive leadership by drawing upon three main theories of school...
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...adult skill development. Find out more here cpdstandards.com/research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: Where am I starting from?:...
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...adults, including those with higher education. Detailed knowledge in many disciplines has a very limited 'shelf life' and thus it is much more important to leave initial and higher education equipped with the ability to learn new knowledge and skills when required. A recent survey of several thousand UK companies asked about attitudes to training staff and found that...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...adult body? In fact, there are only an estimated 100-400 billion stars in the Milky Way, so there are more cells in the human body than there are stars in the Galaxy! In addition to human cells, there are also another 30-100 trillion non-human cells, such as bacteria, archaea and fungi, and non-living organisms such as viruses, that live on or in the human body. These...
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...adult distance learning student: [Described image] Figure 7 Completed student profile The example student profile above explains a fictional student called Rehana. Rehana is British, 45 years old and is an adult distance learning student. She works as a teaching assistant alongside her studies. Rehana’s motivations for studying builds upon her experience as a teaching...