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Health, Sports & Psychology
Exercise and mental health
Each year thousands of pounds are spent on medications to treat conditions such as anxiety and depression. These medications often have negative side effects. Exercise is an alternative treatment that is low cost and has few side effects. In this free course, Exercise and mental health, we will look at the links between exercise and improved ...
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Money & Business
Estimating the cost of equity
This free course, Estimating the cost of equity, looks at how to estimate the cost of equity using the dividend valuation model (DVM) and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), and how to evaluate the use of the DVM and the CAPM from a financial and strategic perspective. It then explores the implications regarding selection of the inputs to ...
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Money & Business
Employee engagement
Engagement is a key buzzword in 21st century management. Strategic human resource management rests on the belief that people are the key to achieving competitive advantage. Employees need to be seen as assets to be developed, not costs to be controlled. This free course explores three key themes: employee engagement, employee involvement and ...
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Money & Business
Challenges in advanced management accounting
This free course, Challenges in advanced management accounting, focuses on strategic management accounting and selected concepts and techniques. It will help you to successfully navigate mid- to long-term challenges to creating sustainable organisations. This OpenLearn course requires a prior understanding of basic management accounting approaches.
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Money & Business
Building relationships with donors
Legacy fundraising and big-gift seeking are part of the professional fundraiser's role. This free course, Building relationships with donors, will help you to gain the skills necessary to persuade individuals to become donors. How do you change people's ideas about methods of giving, moving them from casual street donations to regular direct ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Brexit and health care professionals
With the uncertainty of Brexit, Dr Marc Cornock, looks at four key areas of health care which needs consideration.
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Money & Business
Managing my money with Bobby Seagull
Watch Bobby Seagull talk to students and ex-students about their experiences of living in shared rental accommodation while at university.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
The NHS has a serious problem with bullying at work. What can be done to solve it? (The advice could work in other workplaces, too...)
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Money & Business
Commercial awareness
Boost your commercial awareness with this free short course. Explore your organisation’s purpose, understand your role within it, and learn how different perspectives can enhance the value you create.
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Should I use a skills-based CV to smooth the gaps in my employment history?
If you've had breaks in your career, a skills-based CV might help present your abilities in the best light.
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Society, Politics & Law
Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
A Brexit settlement is dependent on Northern Ireland and Dr Leslie Budd discusses the complexed border issue.
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Society, Politics & Law
International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Potential NHS staff from outside of European Economic Area (EEA) will shortly find it easier to secure permission to work in the UK. Yet doctors and nurses from the EEA may no longer have the right to do so. Dr Parvati Raghuram looks at how the NHS has depended on foreign workers since its creation.