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Citational politics
Education & Development

Citational politics

...concept of authorship includes more than the person who has penned words on a page or screen. The Open University’s Research Code of Practice offers guidance on Authorship, Acknowledgement and Attribution. It defines authorship as being directly involved in the creation of a work (Open University, Research Code of Practice, p. 18) by: Being solely responsible for, or...
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Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...concept of service improvement is important because it is usually at the centre of discussions around change, particularly when resources are limited and difficult decisions have to be made about healthcare priorities. In such circumstances there is likely to be considerable ambiguity about what constitutes ‘improvement’ and ‘quality’. This OpenLearn course is an...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...concepts of: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Using this framework enables you to carefully categorise the internal and external factors influencing a business so you can obtain an overview of how well it's functioning at a particular point in time. SWOT is used in business studies and in the workplace. In business studies, it's used to analyse and learn...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which innovation can apply in policing and how those working in policing and related fields can become more innovative...This free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...concepts of creativity and intellectual property with a strong emphasis on the importance of symbolic meaning, which means that they (cultural goods) “embody or convey cultural expressions, irrespective of the commercial value they may have” (UNESCO 2005, p. 5). In conclusion the UK has a different focus on the creative and cultural industries than other nations....
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How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?

...concept of rendering a specific surface bactericidal, by altering the surface architecture rather than depending on antibiotics, is exciting.” “The current practice for treating implant-related infection is aggressive debridement, hardware removal and extended antibiotic treatment. However, these are expensive and often result in further complications. If taken to a...
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Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors have I used? – Over the years mainly VSM & SSM. Of the non OU...
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Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...concept of Dark Matter in the Universe, the search for Exoplanets, to name only a few, are amongst the most creative people on the Earth today. Almost in the same breath, to describe those who develop an advertising campaign for an item of lingerie as “creative” is a travesty of usage of the English language. Let’s get our priorities right! Maybe if so-called...
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