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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...courses, podcasts and games to help you get involved with the voluntary sector and helping others. What's more, The Open University also co-producied a TV series with the BBC on the subject of intergenerational volunteering - Old School with the Hairy Bikers. Choose from the points below and get stuck in: Learn more about the voluntary sector with our free course where...
Learn with Start Up Loans
Money & Business

Learn with Start Up Loans

...courses and qualifications [British Business Bank logo] Start Up Loans is committed to helping UK business owners realise their business dreams. Whether that’s making a business idea a reality, or helping new businesses to grow, through funding, mentoring and support, we’re here to help UK businesses get off the ground. With the experts at The Open University, we’ve...
How international is management education?
Money & Business

How international is management education?

...course perceived various features of the course-learning design and whether international perspectives were built into their learning experiences. The focus of the study was on cross-cultural differences across groups of learners in the United Kingdom, in other European countries, and in Russia and studying the course in different languages. Using a mixed-method approach,...
The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...courses and qualifications. I’m a Senior Manager in the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team and my favourite aspect about the YXM130 module is that you can use short courses that you have already studied to count towards the module - what a win! When studying this module, you can also continue to explore a range of themes and be a little curious about the...
Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...course?...Feedback is one of the major concepts in systems thinking. Instead of thinking in a linear way, it recognises that as well as one cause (A) leading to an effect (B), B will also affect A in various ways. This circular causality is called a 'feedback loop'. Many elements interacting and coupled in this way result in a complex system, of mutual causes and effects,...
My career goal: Business and administrative
Money & Business

My career goal: Business and administrative

...now. Take a look at all Open University courses. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates. Not ready for University study? Then browse over 1000 free courses on OpenLearn and sign up to our newsletter to hear about new free courses as they are released....
My career goal: Creative and design
History & The Arts

My career goal: Creative and design

...now. Take a look at all Open University courses. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates. Not ready for University study? Then browse over 1000 free courses on OpenLearn and sign up to our newsletter to hear about new free courses as they are released....
Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons

Explore our collection of courses, articles, videos, audios and interactive features on Moons. ...Find out about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications.
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