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Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...education and training, and work and leisure activities. You’ve gained knowledge and skills from your experiences – probably more than you think – and will have developed characteristics and capabilities that help you to cope with difficult situations and to respond to different challenges. The activities that follow ask you to think about a series of questions to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...Education and Language 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...
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Video 10 mins
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...technology. Related to this are the benefits the customer may receive from purchasing this television such as high definition, being able to watch 3D programmes, being the envy of their friends etc. If the benefits outweigh the cost, the purchase would have ‘added value’ for the customer.. In marketing, all organisations aim to deliver added value. The greater the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...technology fundamental to our personal and professional life. This free introductory course, An introduction to software development, discusses the engineering nature of software development, its challenges and some fundamental practices which have developed to meet them. Software development is a fast-moving discipline and as a software development professional you must...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...Education, the United States Supreme Court officially ruled that segregated educational facilities were unconstitutional and ‘inherently unequal’ (quoted in Reynolds, 2010, p. 410). A Black lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, who worked for the NAACP, helped bring this case to the Supreme Court. But while it paved the way for an end to educational segregation, this court...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...technologies there’ll be, but also just from our own science and the climate laws and the observations and so on. So they talk about all of that uncertainty and how you can’t be sure, which is fine – the devil’s in the details. RH: And it’s true, isn’t it, as well? TE: Of course there’s uncertainty, there’s always going to be uncertainty about future...
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What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...education resources, data, or government - but only for the kudos without making good on the open promise can undermine the whole movement. Patrick Masson from the software Open Source Iniative explores those whose doors say open, but their attitudes remain closed...It's great to see where open source software and the communities that support it are today. Many of those...
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Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...educated for the job they are doing. Kifibin moved to Finland in 2010 to study on an international Master’s programme in the natural sciences. He had completed his Bachelor’s degree and worked in the water industry in Uganda but then wanted to take his studies further. At that time, there were no tuition fees in Finland but the cost of living was high, so Kifibin...
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Article 5 mins