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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...based on your current aims and aspirations. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others...Week 1: Where am I starting from?: 1 What...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...de-visite, 1870s] © National Portrait Gallery, London Figure 9 Mark Twain, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s Another writer, Charlotte Brontë, damned my favourite with faint praise: ‘I have likewise read one of Miss Austen’s works Emma – read it with interest and with just the degree of admiration which Miss Austen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...base, for the company to check ID at the proverbial door, but not enforcing a real-name policy would also undercut the essence of Facebook's business model. We all know that Facebook makes most of its money from data that it sells to advertisers. Part of what makes this data so valuable and powerful in the global data economy is that it seems, in large part, to be tied to...
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Article 5 mins
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...base for many claims of sex difference produces plentiful examples of methodological weakness and interpretative bias. In particular, neuroscientific studies of sex difference routinely presume a simplistic gender binary in research design and interpretation; ignore large within-sex variation in favour of emphasising small differences between the sexes; and privilege...
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Article 10 mins
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...recording and publishing the languages in your environment and publishing them publicly with open licenses, and in the process, save them from joining the legions that die each year. This article is based on a talk given by the author on July 15, 2017 at the TEDx Youth@AmaatraAcademy in Bangalore, India, and was originally published by GlobalVoices under a CC-BY licence...
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Video 5 mins
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...based on Open University research explores the full impact...We all know that physical activity (PA) should be part of our lives and is something we should do regularly, but it is not always possible. For people who care for others, it is especially challenging for them to exercise, but it’s very important that they do so as regularly as they possibly can. PA can be...
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Article 10 mins
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...based project, have a soil sample tested for fertility. If your soil is high fertility, you need to reduce the fertility by taking repeated hay cuts and removing the material from the site. After about 3 years, your soil should start its fertility cycle and will be ready for seed. [Photo of field with flowers] A mini meadow in a private garden. Seed To introduce seed into...
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Article 10 mins
Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...bases in the city that have attracted workers from overseas. The diversity of participants, and the variety of ways in they made the Democratic Set their ‘home’, inspired us to think about the meaning of home in a fast-paced, globalised world. What does it mean to have, to create, to be, or to feel at home? What makes different communities and individuals –...
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Article 20 mins