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Staying on the “right” side of public opinion—and how to avoid controversy
Money & Business

Staying on the “right” side of public opinion—and how to avoid controversy

...concept of legitimacy – in businesses and beyond at the latest Business Breakfast!...During this Breakfast Briefing on 1 November 2016, Dr Björn Claes, Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at OUBS, explored the concept of legitimacy; why it is important to your business in the short and long-term; and how it can help your business adapt and survive in the future....
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Entrainment
History & The Arts

Entrainment

...concept of entrainment. His research into this phenomenon is providing key insights into the synchronisation of rhythmic processes in humans and in the natural world. To find out more, follow the research links... Entrainment Open University ethnomusicologist Martin Clayton describes how his study of music and its performance in different cultural settings has allowed him...
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Video 2 mins
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...concepts, such as magnetic fields, chemical bonds and electrical currents, which students find particularly tricky as they cannot see or touch them. Physics is also frequently counterintuitive. For example, many students think that a lightbulb in an electrical circuit will be brighter the nearer it is to a power source, when this is not the case. Another issue is that...
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Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...concepts and how they can be supported to develop scientific knowledge, understanding and skills. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years, relevant to anyone interested in the education of 3 to 11 year old children...Primary science: supporting children’s learning: Learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Communication in the healthcare sector
Education & Development

Communication in the healthcare sector

...concepts in the field such as Principles and Contexts or A levels. Open this resouce. Communication (Principles and Contexts Level 3) [Communication in the healthcare sector page images] This is a resource to encourage and support effective communication in Health and Social Care. The resource is suitable for students studying level 3 concepts such as Principles and...
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Activity 5 mins
Outside the Book
History & The Arts

Outside the Book

...Comedy An introduction to the part comedy plays in English Literature Tragedy An introduction to the Tragedy play in English Literature Two Styles of love An introduction to the love portrayed in Patrachan and Libertine Poetry. The Author An introduction to the concept of the Author in Literary Theory The Book An introduction to the concept of the Book in Literary Theory...
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Video 7 mins
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...concepts overlap with imagination and where they diverge...What is imagination and can philosophy define it in any meaningful way? This free course, Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy, will introduce you to some of the possible answers to these questions and will examine why philosophy has sometimes found it difficult to approach imagination. It will then go...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...concepts in politics, and the implications of such contestability for the practice and study of politics...What is politics?: 1 Politics: the extraordinary and the ordinary - As you are obviously interested in studying politics, you probably already have a sense that politics is important. You may also have developed some ideas of what politics is all about. Activity 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs