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Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...businesses. A business may be a local takeaway, or may operate in multiple locations across the globe; both are, in economic terms, referred to as firms. In this course you will focus on firms as the main economic agents involved in supplying the economy. Firms are a crucial part of the modern economy, supplying the food we eat, the clothes we wear, or the leisure...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...Business, Alicia Dietsch: There’s been a non-reversible shift in the way business is done thanks to the constraints of COVID-19. It’s clear that a successful talent program now requires a hybrid work policy, but that policy needs to be supported by a strategic tech-first cultural reset, to ensure business growth and competition. Firms need to ask themselves if they...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...business understand some useful concepts in language analysis...Week 1: Exploring the language of branding: 1 Brands and branding - [Described image] When people hear ‘branding’, they don’t normally associate it with language. The more obvious aspects of branding are probably the visual ones, such as logos, colour palettes, tag lines, images and TV adverts (see...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 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