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Business News Lessons: More work, less time

Technology was supposed to help us work less. Has it succeeded?

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Professional Communication Skills: Using Transitions

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to use transitions in presentations

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Professional Communication Skills: Call To Action

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to inspire your listeners to take action.

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Business News Lessons: Upskilling for business leaders

The speed of changes in the market has increased exponentially. What key skills will keep business leaders on top?

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Professional Communication Skills: Keeping Your Audience Interested

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to keep your audience’s attention.

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Business News Lessons: Is ‘shrinkflation’ a sneaky or clever business strategy?

Inflation means that companies need to find ways to avoid price increases. Are all of the solutions fair to the customers?

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Professional Communication Skills: Using Visuals in Presentations

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to use visuals in presentations.

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Professional Communication Skills: Knowing Your Audience

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to tailor presentations to your audience.

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Business News Lessons: Noise, well-being, everyday life and work

Large cities offer plenty of opportunities, but they aren’t without drawbacks. Noise polution is one rarely talked about.

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Professional Communication Skills: Using Your Voice

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to regulate your tone of voice in presentations.

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Live from London: Business—Negotiations

Watch authentic London office workers describe the ways to conduct successful negotiations and the skills good negotiators need. Now Interactive!

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Let’s Talk Business: Communication across borders

Get your students talking about problems with communicating at a distance.

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Business News Lessons: A four, five, or six-day working week?

History and science show that it is high time companies moved to a 4-day work week. Will the bosses listen?

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Business News Lessons: There’s probably an app for that – new solutions for old problems

One person’s struggle to transport their dog across the US shows the rise of the gig economy.

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Advancing Teaching: Mental Health and Learning

Learn how you can help and accomodate students going through difficult times or suffering from mental health issues. 

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Let’s Talk Business: Supply Chains

Get your students talking about supply chains and utilising reverse logistics in supply networks.

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Professional Communication Skills: Refuting an Argument

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to refute an argument.

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Business News Lessons: Second-hand, vintage, sustainable - the clothes revolution

Read about changes within the clothing retail industry and what drives clothes buying habits across different age groups.

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Advancing Teaching: LGBTQ+ Visibility and Inclusion in ESL Classroom

Support and make your LGBTQ+ students feel more included and respected.

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Let’s Talk Business: Finance—Borrowing money

Get your students talking about bank loans and debt for business development.