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Design is open
Science, Maths & Technology

Design is open

...changing...Find out more about The Open University's Design courses and qualifications. Design is a dynamic profession. Today, design skills are needed not only in traditional design domains, but also across a variety of non-design domains and sectors, to help put creativity into action and address social and environmental challenges. In the UK alone, over 1.6 million...
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Introducing Religions
History & The Arts

Introducing Religions

...changed in a small Indian village over the last 25 years Varanasi: An important religious site Varanasi, on the Ganges, is one of the most important Hindu religious sites. The evolution of Hinduism Hinduism is an evolving religion both in India and internationally. Mathura, the reputed birthplace of Krishna, is now an international centre The place of Enlightenment...
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Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Politics

...changed from ancient times Spin: control and centralisation The centralising of information and how this was used in the Iraq war by the US militray, to some conern GM Crops Course team meber Andy Dobson unpicks some of the issues emerging from the GM videos. Protest Course team meber Andy Dobson unpicks some of the issues emerging from the environmental justice audios....
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Retail management and marketing
Money & Business

Retail management and marketing

...why they are a preferred alternative to the high street. The Internet debate Experts discuss the internet tools available to retailers. The retail sector in 2020 How technology has changed and drives retail and consumerism, and the use of statistics and date. The future of retail management Businesses reflect on what the future hold for them and where they might be....
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Video 1 hr 39 mins
Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...changes from year to year, management speak, the kind of words that politicians are using this year, the kind of words that school kids are using this year. Every job, every profession, every social class has its own vocabulary, and they change year on year, and I think one of the jobs of a playwright is to listen to those and keep up to date with those. I think on the...
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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...changing planet Archive, natural history archive, can really help people to tell stories about change because we have essentially captured a beautiful, vivid, illustrative record of change over the past 50 years, even beyond. We’ve been making wildlife films for over 100 years now, the Natural History Unit and the BBC has been making wildlife films for over 50 years; in...
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Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...change for the future? So the first of those is the perceptions. Quite a lot of people look at policing from the outside and they see this first, and they think we're like the military, and we follow orders all the time, and it's all about discipline. And actually, do you know what? On the inside, it doesn't really feel like that. In 28 years of policing, in 26 years of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...change in behaviour. (Ersing, 2003, p. 262) Activity 1 The meaning of empowerment Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes What does ‘empowerment’ mean to you? Reflect for a few moments then note down your immediate thoughts and responses. Some points to consider might include: When you think of the term ‘empowerment’, do certain words, images or scenarios come to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs