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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...University as a post-doctoral researcher in space ethics. Her research considers the future of space exploration and the relationship of humans and space. She reflected on how she came to AstrobiologyOU and her plans for future work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my...
The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...University's Chemistry courses. Sustainable use of resources must be considered because fossil fuels and other mined commodities are being depleted, and there is increasing demand from humanity. Achieving sustainability involves many challenges, from preserving resources to tackling pollution arising from plastics, persistent organic pollutants and gaseous emissions....
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...University, I have been exploring ways to teach anti-racist forms of fashion design. In my research many lessons can be learned from the seminal 1971 book Design for the Real World by designer and educator Victor Papanek, which argues that designers must think about their moral responsibilities and the ‘real world’ to design in more equitable ways. Exactly fifty years...
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...universities, by organisations. It has so much in this website. I invite all of you to visit because it has the Big List of women composers. It has playlists. It has educational videos. We produce this very important data research every year, looking at the number of pieces by women performed around the world, which is a very important piece of data if you are interested...
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...University course B867 Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring...Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the generic components of the traditional training lifecycle of the training needs analysis, or TNA (sometimes called a training needs assessment), design and development,...
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...University, and is online for archive purposes only. How do children come to develop strong attachments to people and objects, to the extent that being separated causes upset? ...This extract is from a course no longer in presentation at The Open University, and is online for archive purposes only. A longer, more recent course extract is now available: please visit the...
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...University of Oxford, 2021), and confidentiality, such as when interviews might be expected to be observed by a community or family and managing expectations will be needed (Ebubedike et al., 2023). The effect of such observation in situations of power imbalance or in the composition of focus groups, within which groups normally separated in general society are contrived...
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...University course B122 An introduction to retail management and marketing...Retail marketing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define retailing understand what marketing means to business executives and academics understand the ways that retailers use marketing tools and techniques to interact with their customers...Retail marketing:...
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