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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...basing his thesis on public sector leadership development programmes. Prior to earning his PhD he worked in professional politics – but that seems like a long time ago now … Carol Jacklin-Jarvis is a lecturer in management at the Open University Business School’s Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise. The focus of her research is collaboration...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...based on the learning from that week’s study. This week, before starting the quiz, take a bit of time now to think about the following sentences, and record your thoughts in your learning journal. I learn best when... What I am most proud to have learned is... The most useful thing I have ever learned is... The most amazing thing I have ever learned is...Week 1: What is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...based on your own impression or the kind of job you are in. In the next section you will be able to see how many of these terms feature in the Open University’s Employability Framework. In the Spotlight In this short video below, George shares his thoughts on the skills he considers crucial for his career. Compare his choices with the ones you picked. Do they align, or...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...based on this source of law will be successful, even where the obligation to secure a right under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is absolute. For example, in the case of Gezer v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1730, the English Court of Appeal rejected a claim by an asylum seeker and his family that it was a breach of their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...de vivre when speaking English – in both cases invoking images of French culture to enhance the meaning of what is being communicated. Other loanwords, however, become completely naturalised, until speakers of the language no longer notice their ‘foreignness’ at all. Below is a short selection of words of foreign origin which are in use in modern-day English. As you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...de Triomphe. [Described image] Figure 2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...based predators! The kinkajou is able to avoid the forest floor at night-time; this location is especially dangerous if jaguars are around [p. 146]. But tree dwellers are increasingly vulnerable to another set of predators, birds of prey. In daylight, kinkajous would be at risk from eagles. The kinkajou's nocturnal habit helps ensure that predation rates are low. Forest...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...based on the fact that they are very widely distributed and flourish in seemingly hostile environments. Another useful measure of success might be numbers of species – though in this case, the 4700 or so species of mammal are dwarfed by the known number of insect species in the world, which some estimate to be as many as 10 million. Other expressions of the success of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs