Education & Development
Julian Cooper on Using Sources
The Open University's Julian Cooper explains the importance of citing writers in assignments in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
Education & Development
Michelle Lawson on Academic Writing
The Open University's Michelle Lawson gives you tips on academic writing and assignments in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'.
Science, Maths & Technology
Bang challenge: Escape the airtight room
Trapped, and your oxygen is running out. Can your science skills get the door to this airtight room to open in time?
Money & Business
Managing virtual project teams
...Open University course M815 Project Management. You might also be interested in the OpenLearn course Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO), which looks at the roles and responsibilities in effective project governance and how this can be supported by a project management office...Managing virtual project teams: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
...Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Accessibility and inclusion in digital health: Introduction - In this free course, Accessibility and inclusion in digital health, you will consider some of the ways that people can access digital health in the UK and how they are able to take more control over their physical and mental health. However, for...
Nature & Environment
Neither land nor sea
...resource for islanders Recognise the versatility of seaweed as a global commodity Synthesise evidence from different mediums Reflect on your own experience and locate yourself in this learning journey The Learning Journey will take approximately 6 hours to work through. It's broken into short sections like this, so there are lots of natural stopping points if you want to...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
...educated and trained professionals and their co-workers. Modern healthcare also relies on tools, machines and medicines. And of course, healthcare professionals and their co-workers’ scope of practice, their technical gadgetry and medicinal substances are provided within an organisational structure. Each of these three elements is heavily regulated in the UK to ensure...
History & The Arts
Why do we need free speech?
...Education Secretary has tabled legislation to prevent ‘unacceptable silencing and censoring’ on campuses. To understand why free speech matters, as well as how we might deal with the difficulties it faces today, we need to understand how the idea came about. What is free speech? Free speech refers to the right to express opinions without censorship or restraint. It is...