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A brief introduction to co-design
Science, Maths & Technology

A brief introduction to co-design

...it is needed and what role professional designers can play in making it happen. Transcript If you are interested to learn more about some of the methods and approaches used to enable co-design, see the article co-design approaches. Acknowledgements: This OpenLearn page was produced through collaboration between The Open University and The Glass-House Community Led Design....
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Secret History of Sterilisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Secret History of Sterilisation

...institutions enforced sterilisations and actively prevented social and sexual activity among residents. But as we hear in this moving programme presented by Liz Tilley from The Open University, the reasons behind decisions to sterilise these women were complex and sometimes unexpected... A Secret History of Sterilisation A history told by the survivors of sterilisation....
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Audio 16 mins
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...Open University researcher Sara de Jong on the intersections of identity and citizenship with economic history and language...[Plant by Laura Malacart] Sara: What were the sources of inspiration for developing your current installation for the Who Are We? Project? What discoveries did you make in the process that have found a place in your artistic intervention? Laura: I...
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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...Source: Wikimedia Commons On the album’s opener, ‘Kickback City’, Gallagher perfectly captures the gritty urban environment of the hardboiled novel with his calculated realism about the corruption and misery of Kickback City – a place so soulless that it could ‘take a child’s smile and turn it into stone’. This is followed by ‘Loanshark Blues’, which was...
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Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...Open University course B208 Developing leadership. 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 survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...Open University's Environment courses Cloud technologies continue to be an accelerating factor in digital transformation and innovation, but as the ‘cloud’ is out of sight, the term can portray cloud computing as a lighter-than-air panacea for both computing and the environment – this, though, it is not. Cloud technologies still rely on the same fundamental...
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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...Open University also co-producied a TV series with the BBC on the subject of intergenerational volunteering - Old School with the Hairy Bikers. Choose from the points below and get stuck in: Learn more about the voluntary sector with our free course where you can earn a digital badge for your efforts. You can also find out about the OU's Centre for Voluntary Sector...
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Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham

...Open University, explores the fast-changing world of research into migration and belonging...[Munich panorama] Migration was one of the most heatedly debated issues throughout the EU referendum campaign. In the months leading up to Brexit, European and non-European migrants alike were repeatedly named and shamed. In the aftermath, they report experiencing a mixture of...
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