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A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...social media site LinkedIn.com, introductions etc.), you will see immediate benefits. Engage with online networks – find out where your potential clients hang out online and try to pitch in, perhaps by giving some free advice. You’ll also get to hear about their opportunities and learn about networks they are part of. Pay extra attention to recurring clients – the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Coming Soon: Dog Grooming for Beginners
Education & Development

Coming Soon: Dog Grooming for Beginners

...for free, particularly in times when all the dog groomers are closed due to the social distancing measures put in place to reduce the outbreak of COVID-19.” [Pippin the dog] Too glam to give a damn! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to find out about other exciting courses in the future. This OpenLearn course was produced with the kind support of The Far-Fetched Society....
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Article 5 mins
Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments

...events which you will be able to investigate with simple home experiments to understand the science behind them. We hope that you will investigate further and you can share and discuss your results with us on the OpenLearn social media channels. Just tag us or @ us in your posts on Facebook or X. Watch these instructional videos and recreate your own wild weather...
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Video 30 mins
The language of protest
Society, Politics & Law

The language of protest

...social media offers an important outlet for freedom of expression. What he was alluding to is the idea that democracy as a political system is one that’s founded on debate – on citizens having a say in how they’re governed, and promoting their own political views and ideas via persuasion rather than coercion. It’s also a way of holding those in power to account,...
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Video 15 mins
Evolution and the human family
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution and the human family

...social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach. Dismantle the family with Darwinian tools The comparative method can be used to investigate how culture relates to environment. The reproductive pattern of human females is a particularly interesting puzzle for evolutionary biologists. Why are families getting smaller? The current decline in family size...
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Audio 27 mins
Design and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Sustainability

...social and environmental consequences. This album also reveals how new product ideas and inventions are tested before they’re turned into commercially viable products. You may also want to explore the albums "Energy and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from The Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable...
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Audio 21 mins
Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Nature & Environment

Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

...social equity and ensure environmental protection as we look to the future. In this collection Open University academics reflect on its progress and prospects, and demonstrate that international gatherings of political leaders are not (fortunately?) the only game in town... Tackling climate change Dr Barbara Pizzileo discusses the challenges facing academics in tackling...
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Audio 1 hr 15 mins
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...social relations (Harvey, 2010). Approaching this issue from entirely different ideological perspectives, Karl Marx in the nineteenth century and Joseph Schumpeter in the mid twentienth century both recognised technological and organisational innovation as a fundamental feature of the ‘creative-destructive’ tendencies of capitalism, although the extent to which the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs