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Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...was a big change for everybody and what came first was getting their home life sorted out and getting themselves working whilst at home. Was a very different challenge to before. So we very much focused, at the beginning, on what the individual needed and making sure the individual was well equipped to do that. As time went on, we spent more-- we paid more attention to what teams needed and what the organisation needed. ......
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...out there, beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? This free course, Understanding science: what we cannot know, investigates the...
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...out otherwise in the sense that what we’re confronted with in Paris now is an agreement that probably won’t have legal binding force. We may not even see numbers adopted in the Paris agreement at this point, but I don’t think that subtracts from the original insight that we need to have a legally binding agreement at some point in order for all major economic actors...
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...out how...[Monglian people dressed for the Naadam Festival cross in front of a rainbow] Mongolian people dressed for people dressed for the Naadam festival walk across a landscape What comes to mind when you think of Mongolia? My answer, probably like many people’s, was vast empty space, those signature round white tents (which Mongolians call gers, not ‘yurts’ –...
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...out? b.Do they relate to your own principles? Discussion Your top three will probably be unique to you because everyone has different experiences of developing relationships. Each of us has our own preferences in relationship building and it’s useful to have started the process of reflecting on the qualities and attitudes involved. You may also have noticed some...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Gaelic in modern Scotland: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how Gaelic sits alongside Scots and English as one of Scotland’s national languages understand the origins and Celtic roots of Gaelic and its close linguistic relations,...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...out more about religious literacy. Discussion There is no single definition of ‘religious literacy’. The term ‘religious literacy’ implies an appreciation the diversity of human religiosity. It also relates to having a set of tools to use when encountering others’ religion in everyday life. For some people, the idea of religious literacy is more related to the...
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...out the best way to tackle the conversation with your respondent. Of course, there are times when you can’t organise events in the best possible way and you will have to be satisfied with a less than perfect ‘interview’. There are two points to consider when this happens. First, it becomes really important in such situations to keep a good record of what happened...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs