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Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...studied by the Cambridge group. The results, published in 1998, were unexpected and extraordinary. Not only did Kate react to faces: her brain responses were indistinguishable from those of healthy volunteers. Her scans revealed a splash of red, marking brain activity at the back of her brain, in a part called the fusiform gyrus, which helps recognise faces. Kate became...
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...skills to apply them to real-world problems. You will develop core skills in object-oriented analysis and design, allowing you to develop software that is fit for purpose, reusable and amenable to change...Enterprise systems are software applications that automate and integrate all many of the key business processes of an organisation. With some understanding of software...
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...skills and risk approach — all illustrated with real-life case studies...Are you looking to set up your own business? Are you wondering how to turn your ideas into reality? Discover more about setting up and running your own business in this free course, Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality. Using case studies, this course will take you through the decisions you...
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of recovery in an exercise programme evaluate the role of recovery strategies in sport and exercise identify the challenges of investigating recovery strategies...Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: 1 Why is recovery important? - In order to understand why recovery is so important we need to...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...study in Social Sciences...‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the complex and different ways in which questions of social justice and inequality come to be seen in terms of the deficient behaviour of different populations Understand how certain...
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...Studies at The Open University. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a series of public talks titled ‘Ageing Well’. These 6 lectures are presented on a monthly basis and aim to facilitate your learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we discuss how important it is...
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....
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...