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Exploring leadership for inclusion
Education & Development

Exploring leadership for inclusion

...managers, with the aim being to consider how you might develop your own capacity in this regard. The courses will look towards practical approaches which place relationships at the heart of the leadership process, encouraging all of us to be confident, successful, responsible and effective within the learning situation, not only for ourselves but as advocates and...
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What makes a great speech?
History & The Arts

What makes a great speech?

...manage to strike a chord that continues to resonate with people today? With contributions from Tony Blair’s ex speech writer Simon Lancaster and Tom Clark Editor of historic 20th Century speeches, this audio collection explores the methods and techniques used in great speeches that have allowed them to stand the test of time. This material forms part of The Open...
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Audio 15 mins
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...Introduction - In this course you will explore participation in extreme sports and be introduced to the multidisciplinary approach to examining topics. There are many examples of activities that are considered extreme owing to their high-risk nature, such as parkour, base jumping and freestyle skiing. In this course you will focus predominantly on extreme endurance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...Introduction - This course will give you a stimulating and insightful account of the ways in which economists have tried to understand what labour market discrimination is and what its sources are. Notice the reference to the ‘ways [plural] … economists have tried to understand’. The most basic message of this course is that economics is not a subject in which there...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Introduction - This short course is a taster of the Open University Level 2 module, Economics in Practice. It will introduce you to some of the practical ways that the theories, tools and techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long history but becoming increasingly important globally...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...management. This is a companion course to Diagramming for development 2: exploring inter-relationships...Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities, is a free course that introduces you to the systems diagramming techniques of Rich pictures, Spray diagrams and Systems maps. Using a case study project based in Africa, the course illustrates the use of powerful use...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...introduction of Lifetime ISAs, and more land was released for developments to sell to first-time buyers. The chancellor also pledged £120m to tackle homelessness. The priority is to address rough sleeping, which has doubled since 2010. But homelessness extends beyond rough sleeping. And long-term solutions like affordable rented housing – historically provided by local...
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Article 10 mins