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Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started

...OU’s formal learning offering, which is reflected in the wide array of free learning resources we’ve created. If you’re passionate about sport, be that competing, coaching or watching, this is a great introduction to OpenLearn. Work Skills Hub If you want to boost your career prospects, whatever your job or the stage you’re at, then the Work Skills hub is packed...
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...becomes less mobile. What view will they have from their bed? You may be loaned a hospital bed, or do you still want to share a bed with your partner? What equipment or bedding do you need, where to get it from and how to make space for it? How to get someone to the toilet and what to do if they can’t. Do you need to learn how to give medicines, even injections? Local...
Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

With more buildings becoming ‘smart’, IT managers are increasingly responsible for the operation of building management systems. This article examines the carbon costs of the on-premises IT digital carbon footprint. ...Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses Reducing digital carbon footprints of digital assets The digital carbon footprints of our...
HR at the heart of the productivity shift
Money & Business

HR at the heart of the productivity shift

...pass the proverbial 'hot potato' onto middle managers who do the same to the employees they supervise. It is a vicious cycle where everyone is on the defensive, creating a culture of pointing the finger, instead of constructive problem solving and engagement with work. Read more: When all that we count becomes all that counts: HR at the heart of the productivity shift...
Systems explained by Peter Checkland
Money & Business

Systems explained by Peter Checkland

...become increasingly connected and the interactions between peoples have increased, traditional ways of operating have no longer sufficed. Through no clearly discernible reasons, projects overran budgets, communications systems between people broke down, and it became increasingly obvious that the human factor was playing a large role in these problems. Many of the early...
Showing the way they went
Science, Maths & Technology

Showing the way they went

...become a popular celebration treat. But do they really just drift with the wind? Investigate the meticulous planning needed for round-the-world flights. Learn how journeys are monitored and measured, and discover how pilots merge mathematics and geography while high above the ground. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics... Showing the way they...
Investigating addiction
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating addiction

...become addicted and a discussion of the long term effects. The addiction files Brian is an alcoholic on a journey to find out why he became an addict. Social influences on addiction Brian's social experiences are very different to that of his sister, Ann. Could that be a reason for his addiction? Psychological influences on addiction Brian and Ann are assessed by...
Art history: modern and contemporary
History & The Arts

Art history: modern and contemporary

...becoming a centre of art. But the art world in New York was surprisingly small. Professor Michael Corris gives you a tour. Abstract Expressionism in New York 2 Bringing the New York art-scene of the 1950’s and 60’s to life: Professor Michael Corris and artist Lawrence Weiner in conversation. Salcedo installation Can a crack in the floor be considered as art? This...