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What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...resources – and most of the resources we need to use in our lives are limited in some way or another. From gender discrimination in the workplace to the influence of trade unions on employment and wages, the price of new cars on the forecourt to new ways of tackling pollution – economics touches on almost every aspect of everyday life. On the larger scale, when the...
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What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...resources – articles, videos, audios and courses – that have been curated by a team of applied work psychologists at The School of Psychology & Counselling. The hub draws on existing content already on OpenLearn, but also includes newly commissioned content created by experts specifically for the hub. The hub explores several themes that emerged from research carried...
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Article 10 mins
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Identity and participative practice in collaborative leadership: Introduction - This week’s learning is based on the two key dimensions of leadership that inform the course as a whole – identity and participative practice. Identity is a blend of how we...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Festival fever
History & The Arts

Festival fever

...Choose from the following: comedy plays poetry performance music festivals Make 'em laugh - learn more about comedy Unleash your inner playwright with these resources Become a wordsmith with these learning tools on poetry Make your performance perfect with these materials Discover music theory with these articles and course What's great about festivals? Find out here...
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Article 30 mins
Children and the Internet
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children and the Internet

...resource with numerous benefits come concerns about its long term effects on child psychology... How children use the internet Professor Sonia Livingstone discusses why she was drawn to this area of research Percieved dangers Professor Sonia Livingstone explains the risks of unregulated access to information from net Regulation and benefits Professor Sonia Livingstone...
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Audio 36 mins
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...Open University course B253 and related to the Open University qualification BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance....Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting: Introduction - This course is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of the principles and practices of cost accounting. [Described image] Figure 1 Cost accounting enables...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...Resources: Origin, Use and Environmental Impact), The Open University, Milton Keynes Roy, A. (1999) The Cost of Living, Random House Inc, New York...Surface water: Acknowledgements - Course image: Jim Nix in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs