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An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...education, or access to other services such as telecommunications. Needs are often immediate reasons and very strong drivers for design – everybody has needs that have to be fulfilled. To solve a problem: almost every time you come across a problem you use some sort of design process to create a new solution or workaround. Most problems are obvious and are identified...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...technological capabilities in offshore operations. Having been incorporated as the downstream producer of energy for direct consumption, Sinopec is ahead of the rest in terms of refining and downstream activities. For now, all three should be viewed as competitors who in many ways still retain their unique characteristics and advantages. You saw earlier how China began...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...technology. This will influence what news articles you will see, the type of issues that you are exposed to, and will largely filter out the information you tend not to read. As a result you are surrounded by a bubble of information that corresponds to the limited range presented to you by social media algorithms. Of course you could always make a deliberate effort to...
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Article 10 mins
The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...has been done in the past, what we believe to be possible now and what we imagine could be in the future. If you have enjoyed these perspectives, you can watch the original conversations on the Open University’s Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics YouTube channel: (un)disciplined futures inclusion, fairness and engagement astroenvironmentalism...
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Article 5 mins
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...technology (Google, ChatGPT), some provide services (Google, Oxford City Council, BBC iPlayer, The Open University), some provide physical items or products (Hewlett Packard, Aldi), but others may encompass many products, physical or otherwise (Google). Some of these are also names of companies (Google, Hewlett Packard) or charities (BBC, The Open University), but others...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...educational training we did in our early lives have become obsolete within 20 or 30 years, because of the pace of change. And so I think career resilience in its broadest term is recognition of the need that we all have for lifelong learning, for agility and flexibility, as we move from one role to another, from one organisation to another, and potentially from one career...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...Education Ministry, we had that film distributed in English and Arabic to every school in Oman and it’s still being shown, not only as a film about their heritage, a film about biology, but it’s also a way for them to learn English. That I am exceptionally proud of and something I wish we would do so much more of, so easy. Why rights issues are so complex… One of...
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Video 40 mins