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Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...learn how to use a PEST analysis to investigate and analyse the external context in which your organisation is located. As you have discovered, PEST analysis is a common method of identifying the external factors most likely to affect a business or an organisation. When these have been identified, they can be assessed in order to establish their likely impact. There are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...learn about the benefits and challenges of meeting people from different cultures and the ways in which language and human communities shape each other. You will look at the role of intercultural competence at the workplace, reflect on the use of English as lingua franca in international contexts, and get a flavour of the skills involved in language-related professions...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand methods of introducing film music to secondary school pupils understand how the concept of music accompanying image can be applied to skills of composition understand how to develop techniques of appraising and analysing film music through classroom activities...Using film music in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...much more comfort though – the only difference is that the first class seats are padded, but the second class aren't - not much comfort when there’s standing room only. Read more about The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail. Find out more about The world's busiest railway 2015 - Mumbai Railway on TV. Explore more free learning from the Open University....
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Article 5 mins
Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...can rugby address the issue of doping at all levels. To learn more about sports and fitness, find videos, articles, games and free courses on OpenLearn. If you're interested in studying Sports and Fitness with the Open University, explore more courses and qualifications we offer in this subject area. This article was first published on the OU Sports & Fitness blog....
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Article 5 mins
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...learning to amateur media production and consumption and indeed for a range of activities that we may not yet perceive. We have asked a range of ‘digital citizens’ about how they would use such archives, and what tools they think they would need. The second aim is to illustrate the potential of digital broadcast archives for researchers. Hence we have worked to...
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Article 5 mins
Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...learn to assess advertising. Most of this research has taken place for TV viewing. Children’s knowledge of ads progresses in stages: most preschool children don’t know the difference between an ad and other content they see on TV, but by later in childhood – before they reach their teens – most children have acquired advertising ‘literacy’. They understand...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...learn how to deal with the challenges of real world political life inside the Bundestag. It has plenty of members who have plenty to say. It is not short of chiefs. But in the Bundestag it needs to find what the Germans call “Sachpolitiker” – MPs who can master detailed briefs inside parliamentary committees. It needs to show it can do politics just as well as it...
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Article 5 mins