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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...businesses had less than good ability to address trust issues stemming from COVID-19 impacts in their organisation. We consider this number to be even higher due to trust being often misunderstood, and survey respondents’ tendency to overrate their businesses performance. Given the impact on entire sectors of industry and rounds of layoffs, trust is an issue...
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...business owner, or currently without paid work. However, these challenges also present opportunities to reflect, reset priorities, and find new and meaningful ways forward. The changing workplace Even before the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, workplaces were already undergoing continuous change. Gone are the days when school leavers would join a workplace for a lifetime...
Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...business...[Logo for the UK department for work and pensions] Through partnerships with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your digital and employability skills, so you can prepare more effectively to achieve your career aspirations. There are...
Latin graffiti at Pompeii
History & The Arts

Latin graffiti at Pompeii

...excavation many hundreds of years later, archaeologists discovered an era so intimately preserved that they could read graffiti on the walls of buildings. In the slideshows below, Dr Joanna Paul takes a closer look. Fun and games on the walls of Pompeii Transcript Love and hate on the walls of Pompeii Transcript Politics and business on the walls of Pompeii Transcript...
Biohotel: das Landgut Stober in Brandenburg
Languages

Biohotel: das Landgut Stober in Brandenburg

...out some surprising and innovative measures the hotel has taken over the years. All in all, this has not only resulted in a lower footprint of the business but has also delivered lower prices for hotel guests. The hotel is located by the ‘Großbehnitzer See’, 20 km to the north of Berlin. This recording is in German, suitable for learners at CEFR Level B2 or above....
Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project
Science, Maths & Technology

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

...businesses today. The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm... Future technologies: The Pharos project This track demonstrates some of the ways in which the Pharos project is advancing audiovisual search engines, we take a closer look at photo...
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...business. There are limitations, in that I'm spreading myself relatively thinly across quite a few enterprises. But it allows the businesses to react to their environment very quickly. One area that I know I need to look at within the business is looking at having a more diverse team to be able to spread the load across. So, from a sustainability point of view, actually...
Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership
Money & Business

Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership

...associated with The Open University's Business and Management courses and qualifications. [Supreme Streets - start] Select the image above to begin your adventure into employee-ownership or click here. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....