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Money & Business
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
This free course, Stakeholders in marketing and finance, comprises two sections introducing the idea of customers and stakeholders for financial information. It also contains two activities in which learners are asked to relate the ideas discussed to their own work practice.
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Developing high trust work relationships
Learn about trust in the organisational context. This free course, Developing high trust work relationships, introduces the concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your organisation.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Adventure sports have crossed over into the mainstream and Candice Lingam-Willgoss explores the appeal of these exciting activities.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
50 years of sport and fitness
As The Open University celebrates its 50th year, discover how sport and fitness has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Ben Oakley looks at how five decades of sporting World records reveal more about sport, society and technology than initially meets the eye.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969
Formula 1 has seen a number of dangerous accidents in recent years, leading to increased safety measures. Alex Twitchen looks at the changes to the sport.
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Money has had a huge impact on football in the previous 50 years. Simon Rea investigates the key changes over this period to our national game.
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Dr Caroline Heaney is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Fitness at The Open University. She discusses the advances made in sports medicine and what the future holds.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
A decade ago, the possibility of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism hit the media. Fear of the vaccine spread rapidly and, despite an almost unanimous consensus that the claim was unfounded, still persists today. In this free course, The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears, we'll examine why this controversy took on such a life of ...
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Exercising at 50
Are you close to your 50th birthday? Simon Penn explores the benefits of exercise on health, energy levels, mood and overall quality of life.
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Education & Development
The family at the centre of early learning
This free course, The family at the centre of early learning, focuses on the positive learning relationships that can exist in any family and how ordinary, everyday domestic activities can sustain learning. You will consider how the traditions and cultural practices of the community to which the family belongs filters through to the child’s ...
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Money & Business
Technology, innovation and management
Develop a critical understanding of technological innovation and management. This free course, Technology, innovation and management, will provide you with an overview and introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates. It adopts a broad definition of innovation and subscribes to the view that a fundamental feature of any ...