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Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series we explore how important it is to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration throughout our lives, as well as regular physical and social activity in older age. Within the series we also explore how this knowledge might be used to facilitate...
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The Middle East conflict has swiftly exposed economic vulnerability in the region
Society, Politics & Law

The Middle East conflict has swiftly exposed economic vulnerability in the region

...Open University's Politics courses and qualifications and Economics courses and qualifications. At the end of 2025, the Gulf states received high praise for their economic resilience. According to reports by the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, the region was stable, modern and reliable. Now the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain,...
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Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Human ‘zoos’ in the nineteenth century: 1 Introduction - This session was written by Dr Suki Haider [A black-and-white illustration of three White men surrounding a Black man.] Figure 1 ‘A Black “White Elephant”’, 1879. Artist: Joseph Swain. Text...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...Table 4: Adapted from Hill, L. A. and Farkas, M. T. (2001) ‘A note on team processes’, Harvard Business Online. 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 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...opening up new markets, enabling access to new supplies of resources, and introducing new competitive organisational forms. The term ‘innovation’ has since been extensively debated and used in a wide range of ways. One study (Baregheh, Rowley and Sambrook, 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these differences are a...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...resources are allocated. So, in terms of Higher Education, this might be the overarching university strategy. Business-level: concerned with ‘business units’ and how they should compete in their particular markets – this could be a ‘faculty strategy’ or ‘research strategy’. Function-level: concerned with how components of an organisation deliver the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...Smartphones and cognition: A review of research exploring the links between mobile technology habits and cognitive functioning. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 605. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
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How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...Open University's Environment courses Shrinking footprints Climate change presents humanity with a series of enormous challenges. Unifying these is a single imperative: to avoid catastrophic climate change impacts by capping global temperature rises to 1.5℃. Achieving this is a monumental challenge, and requires every corporation, government and citizen to make swift,...
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