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Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...OU’s MSc in Human Resource Management....Human Resource Management and EDI: Introduction - Human Resource Management and EDI is a free course provided by OpenLearn, based on adapted material from B810. This course will highlight why equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are key for the practice of Human Resource Management (HRM) today. This includes the promotion of...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...OU/BBC co-production 'The Search for a New Earth' - another great example of his ability to communicate science to the masses and make it accessible. See the box below: Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. In 1963 he was diagnosed with ALS, a form of Motor Neurone Disease, and later confined to a wheelchair and forced to communicate via a computerised...
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The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...becomes the initial infected network of the state. The complete initial network is constructed by adding additional susceptible nodes so that the number of nodes matches the population of the state. We then simulate the growth of this network under specified parameters. We also look at the healthcare capacity in India across different states and analyse the overall...
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Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...become more apparent as we explore the different types of interviews and conversations you might undertake in your inquiry. Not all questions are answered by information – sometimes you will get opinions or feelings – and not all conversations are formal interviews with an interviewee, and so I’ll use the one term respondent to capture all the people that you’ll...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...OU, and this amazing summer we’re having has made me think about how artists have depicted summer over the centuries. Before the modern era, people’s sense of the different times of year was really shaped by the cycle of nature, so for them summer meant the fruits and flowers that the earth produces at this season, as you can see from this bizarre figure personifying...
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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...OU & Parks Trust YouTube Channel. Resources Vseteckova J (2020) Ageing Well Public Talk Series https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/the-ageing-well-public-talks Vseteckova J (2020) How to age well, while self-isolating https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/how-age-well-while-self-isolating Vseteckova J, (2020) ANIMATION -...
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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...become the targets for violent attack (including the UK and other European countries). So based on this modern-day fable of Siberian polar bears, what else does this tell us about human morality and our future on the planet? To explore this further, another story which broke around the same time as the Belushya Guba bears is worth telling. This story concerns insects and...
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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...become a global phenomenon and source of cultural inspiration for marginalised youth from around the world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South Bronx, New York City, to refer to a set of cultural, artistic, spiritual and intellectual practices used for self-expression and the circulation of knowledge. These practices include, among...
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Article 5 mins