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Where are you really from?
Education & Development

Where are you really from?

...become the assumed politically correct way of ascertaining someone’s ethnicity without appearing overtly racist or at the very least racialised in tone. Apparently, it’s just curiosity and, for the most part, that’s probably true, but does that make it okay? There are lots of things that I would love to ask people I meet but I know to hold back, if only from a...
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Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...OU's Ray Corrigan on The four horsemen of the infocalypse How did newspapers report Chelsea Manning's gender identity? Chelsea Manning's announcement of her desire to be identified as female sparked a discussion in the US media, and beyond, about how to refer to her. Writing in the Journal Of Homosexuality, Andrea M. Hackl, Amy B. Becker & Maureen E. Todd explored how far...
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Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...become a marketing professional...This free course, Understanding your customers, is a short introduction to understanding customers. The course underlines the relevance of understanding customers as individuals, members of society and members of organisations. It clarifies some key marketing concepts and terminology and highlights some differences between consumer and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...become a postal worker (she hoped that this would have a better work-life balance that included sociable hours of work) she jumped at the chance. It wouldn’t be that straight forward though, it never is. Struggling for a job with Royal Mail This wannabe postwoman had an additional hurdle to get over - dyslexia. In seeking employment with Royal Mail, she would have to...
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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...becoming the norm. Climate change, the technological impact of AI, future pandemics, and political/economic upheavals, are likely to disrupt societies and individuals in the future. Adapting to this context requires flexibility in coping with such disruptions effectively and without the certainty of what such problems will look like in the future. Psychological...
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Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...becoming the youngest member of the House. [Baroness Smith of Llanfaes] Why did you want to become a member of the House of Lords? I do not support an unelected upper chamber. But while the House of Lords exists and continues to make laws that impact people in Wales, then I believe we must be in the room and speak up. When it comes to democracy and how we are governed, we...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...become widespread amongst the business community, and that is the central point of this article – the carbon emissions of remote workers. Scopes of responsibility As businesses implement sustainability, climate and NetZero strategies they become acutely aware of the responsibilities beholden upon them across three specific climate-focused scopes. These scopes of...
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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...become equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so successfully? Do you want to develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skills boundaries? Do you want to learn to think more holistically about complex and messy situations, understand the roles other people play, taking account of the interconnectedness of all...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs