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Opening up history: art in the Reformation
History & The Arts

Opening up history: art in the Reformation

...research on how Protestants used images and objects to express their faith in the Reformation. ...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Dr Roisin Watson]Family holidays always involved a trip to a castle or church when I was younger. Walking around these places made the...
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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...research and development, which sees whether it is technically feasible, thence to design and finally manufacturing. This is sometimes known as 'baton passing' – or, less flatteringly, as 'throwing it over the wall'!...Groups and teamwork: 2.3.2 The project (single) team - The project, or single, team consists of a group of people who come together as a distinct...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...children back into schools and restarted businesses at very different rates over a two-year period. Two years after the disasters some communities seemed trapped in amber, struggling to restore even half of their utility service, operating businesses and clean streets. Other cities had managed to rebound completely, placing evacuees in temporary homes, restoring gas and...
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Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...research has shown that it is possible to improve self-belief by consciously challenging our thinking to be more positive, optimistic and constructive, which then influences our emotions and behaviour, towards being more self-assured in an interview situation. Negative thoughts tend to just pop into our heads and can often be self-sabotaging; for example, ‘you will...
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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...research and consider ways of turning events into a plot. This course is intended for those with an interest in starting to write fiction or improving their fiction writing, and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject....Week 1: Starting to write fiction: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Start writing fiction: characters and stories....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What would it take to save British Home Stores?
Money & Business

What would it take to save British Home Stores?

...centre locations that are experiencing lower footfall. Any new owner would also be taking on £571m in pension liabilities; stores needing further investment to modernise their look and feel, and a repositioning exercise to make customers fall in love with the brand once more. This need to invest before achieving a return might dissuade potential buyers. Though a rescue...
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Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...centre of every loop with either an ‘R’ (for reinforcing) or a ‘B’ (for balancing). If a variable has multiple consequences, try lumping them into one term while finishing the rest of the loop. You can ‘unpack’ these later when you are ready to explore the significance of specific interventions. Almost every action has differing long term and short term...
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Video 10 mins
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...children would love to be able to do that! One could be excused for feeling that evolution has let us down by failing to enable us to process more than one thing at a time. If that is how you feel, then this course might add insult to injury, because it will cite evidence that we do in fact process a good deal of the material to which we are not attending. Why, you might...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs