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Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...Research in the USA found that the manager’s day included a series of short, unconnected activities. At first sight, a lot of the things that managers spend their time doing don’t seem clearly connected to the achievement of their goals. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, ‘What effective general managers really do’, John P. Kotter examined the seemingly...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...Research into apps that promise gains in children’s literacy and numeracy skills (e.g. Meyer et al., 2021) reveal that often they are designed to offer right or wrong answers (Vaala, Ly and Levine, 2015) and narrow possibilities for play (Plowman, 2020). Understanding what children think is play is important for educators as they design playful ways to support learning....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...research/library/position/41233.aspx (Accessed 6 June 2013). EPA (2000) ‘Generalized short-term effects of acidity on fish’, National Water Quality Inventory: 1998 Report to Congress, Environmental Protection Agency, USA. EPA (2012) Basic Information About Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Drinking Water [Online], Environmental Protection Agency, USA. Available at...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...research interests include public engagement with law, and marginalised communities and their access to justice. Edwin Parks Edwin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The Open University and has written a wide range of courses, including materials for OpenLearn, the LLB and Executive Education. He is an international practitioner and experienced OU tutor. Liz Moody [Described...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...research conservationist, which I was for a while, and then my conservation colleagues said, ‘You’re a good communicator; we need to win the media war, we need to win the hearts and minds, so that is where you should do your thing.’ And that is why I went into television and that’s why I’m still here. Inspirations and heroes... Well I’m going to say the...
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Video 40 mins
Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...research diver, scientist and photographer for the British Antarctic Survey, before changing direction to full time filming in 1983. Since then he has become one of the world’s best known and respected cameramen. He specialises in natural history, expeditions and science documentaries in some of the wildest and most remote places on our planet, particularly the polar...
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Video 35 mins
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...Research on the impact of invasive species on water supply has helped generate interest in today’s integrated invasive plant control effort. More economic studies that illustrate the impacts of invaders and the financial benefits of control are essential to justify the increasingly large-scale funding that the Working for Water Programme requires. By uniting social...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...research, to identify the causes and possible treatments for disease. This type of research may take place in a hospital laboratory but it is more often carried out in universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies. The conventional view of a histopathologist is someone looking down a microscope. Most histological work does indeed involve the preparation...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs