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Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...study in Sociology...Innovation, markets and industrial change: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appreciate the importance of technological change, costs of production and consumer preferences to the changing organisation of production understand the relation between the quantity demanded of a good and its price as represented by the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...studying the psychological processes behind self-inflicted death for over 20 years. “Did you see the news?” he asks when I meet him. The morning’s papers are carrying the latest numbers: 6,233 suicides were registered in the UK in 2013. While the female suicide rate has remained roughly constant since 2007, that for men is at its highest since 2001. Nearly eight in...
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Article 15 mins
Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...skills and cultural knowledge. They want to share this wealth […] The Elders want their young people to grow up strong and resilient, proud of and knowledgeable in the ways of their people, secure in their peoples’ Law and Culture knowledge, so that they can better cope with the changing world. A peoples’ own Law and Culture is the glue that holds life together. By...
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Article 10 mins
How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?
Languages

How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?

...skills aren't a bar to understanding your rights when arrested...“You have the right to remain silent” is an expression familiar to many English speakers. But what is involved in understanding this right in police interviews, as well as the consequences of waiving the right? Extensive research on comprehension of this and other rights delivered to suspects shows that...
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Article 5 mins
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...skilled migrants can end up in unskilled jobs because of language problems. Keep multiculturalism Why Australia should continue to be multicultural. Embracing Australian culture Why the willingness to embrace Australian culture brings benefits. An academic perspective on passports Liz Mc Fall describes The Open University course structure, concentrating on the issue of...
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How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?
Money & Business

How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?

...when simultaneously interacting in multiple contexts Alter the boundaries of communication to suit the demands of the task at hand Textualize the ongoing experience of interaction with others and artifacts Read the paper: Baralou, E. and Tsoukas, H. (2015) ‘How is new knowledge created in a virtual context? A dialogical approach’, Organization Studies, 36(5), 593-620....
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Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Asteroids

...studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research... [City lights - Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth? Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD...
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Article 15 mins
Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...study finishes. The aim of the PhD project is to help people engage in scientific investigation, by giving them opportunities to collaborate with experts and run their own research. "Weather-it" is looking at the involvement of people in a community of online weather investigations. "Weather-it" has been given a favourable opinion by The Open University Human Research...
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