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What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...becomes more prevalent. As far as I know, Michelle Thorn, Mozilla’s Director of the Webmaker Program, was the first to define openwashing in 2009: “Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived from “greenwashing," which should not be confused with "The Open Source Washing Machine." Also in 2009, Phil Marsosudiro, coined a similar...
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Article 5 mins
Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed over recent decades through the construction of new luxury apartments and speculative redevelopment, there are growing concerns over the cost and stability of housing arrangements within cities and regions across Britain and beyond. An important part of this story relates to the transformation of homes into assets as new...
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Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...becomes a possibility and then a reality. As I write, the World headlines are the stories of the Hell of Gaza, and the constant references to war involving Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Iran and the bombs of the US; stories also of ceasefires and broken ceasefires, of power and ego masquerading as leadership. Within these pages, you will read the words of a Palestinian...
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Article 5 mins
Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...become an informal race between Scotland’s urban elites to have one. Overseas, particularly in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Scottish settlers and their descendants followed suit. Burnomania The explanation for what one of Burns’ disapproving critics – and there were several, mainly representatives of the Kirk – termed Burnomania, is far...
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Article 10 mins
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...become more aware of your own approaches to these aspects of your work life. The majority of the ideas and techniques in this course form the basis of many short management training courses of the type you or your manager(s) may have attended. The course concludes with some study advice on writing for academic purposes. We will consider some of the different forms of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...Become Champions, part of the OU’s co-production collection with The Momentum Productions © The Open University (2015) Activity 4: Chasing Perfection: How do Athletes Become Champions, part of the OU’s co-production collection with The Momentum Productions © The Open University (2015) Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry
Society, Politics & Law

‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry

...student, Suzi Collins worked in a bar in Fife. Here she recounts her personal experience with sexual harrassment in the workplace...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Setting the Scene Two old guys at the bar where I was working: “Whaur’s ma New Year’s kiss then?” “Aye, and whaur’s mine?” “No thank you,”...
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Article 10 mins
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs