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Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...public services such as health or social care community and neighbourhood disputes restorative justice...Week 6: Exploring the language of mediation: 2 Mediation, conflict resolution and language study - Because of the important role of talk in mediation as a ‘process of engagement’, the language used by mediators themselves, and by their clients in mediation...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...public good contribution of culture. Importantly, the UK’s “knowledge economy” approach contrasts strongly with the definitions of cultural goods and services and of cultural industries proposed by UNESCO (2005). These combine the concepts of creativity and intellectual property with a strong emphasis on the importance of symbolic meaning, which means that they...
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Article 5 mins
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...public has resulted in improved appreciation of the value of ecosystem services. There have been many examples of initiatives that attempt to value ecosystems services. From the famous applied example of the Catskills Watershed Corporation supplying New York City’s water, to smaller initiatives aimed on Biodiversity and Wine Initiative’s of South Africa; to policies...
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Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
Money & Business

Systems explained by Humberto Maturana

...public conversation about ‘Biology, Love and Social Responsibility’ with the OU’s Professor Stephen Rose. We hope to be able to present on this site some recordings from these events in the future. 1. Humberto Maturana's understanding and use of the term 'System' Transcript 2. Distinctions between organisation and structure applied to a university Transcript 3. How...
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Video 1 hr
The life and times of Cyril Lakin
Society, Politics & Law

The life and times of Cyril Lakin

...public with The OU’s research and aims to make academics’ work inspiring and accessible to communities in Wales. This supports institutional aims to make education open to all and supports wider OU work to build an informed, engaged and prosperous Wales. To keep up to date on our upcoming OpenTalks events, you can sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook,...
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Video 1 hr
Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...public imagination. You’ll consider how the resulting legislative changes helped to overturn a deeply entrenched system of racial segregation across the southern states of the USA, and question how successful this struggle for racial equality was. The four OpenLearn courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course A113 Revolutions. Use of racial language and...
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Article 10 mins
Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...public or private and records your learning progress and achievements. Learning carried out on OpenLearn won’t count towards any formal qualification, but sharing your certificates and badges with teachers, tutors, on applications and via social media is a great way to demonstrate your learning and interest in a subject – think college and university applications and...
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Article 15 mins
How does OpenLearn deal with older content?
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?

...publication). Keeping it online is potentially creating a legal issue (e.g. expired copyright; potential libel). Keeping it online is potentially damaging to the OU brand/reputation. We have received a valid request to remove a piece of content. It requires technology to access that has become difficult for an average user to acquire (e.g. a piece of content requires...
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Article 5 mins