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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background The American corporation Timex first came to Dundee in 1946, setting up with eleven workers in the back of a converted farm building. At its peak in the 1970s, Timex had become one of the largest employers in the city, employing thousands of workers at four sites across Dundee. Most of the Timex workforce were women...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...open to feedback. In other words, we need to check whether the receiving person's understanding of the message is the same as ours. In face-to-face meetings we could start by observing the facial expressions or body language of the receiver. We could also check whether the receiver has any questions. In written or email communications we could end by including our phone...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. You can find out more on courses from this series on the Community engagement and policing page....Innovation in policing: Introduction - Although innovation is often seen as typical of Silicon Valley start-ups led by twenty-somethings, organisations of any type, size or can be innovative. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...resources. Maps may be a source of conflict and competing claims to land and water. In some cases the conflicts are also cross-cultural. Western-style corporations laid claim to territory in Australia which was occupied by Aboriginal peoples who do not recognise that kind of property ownership. Indigenous peoples in Central America (e.g. in Honduras) have challenged...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: Thinking leadership: Introduction - Welcome to Week 1 of this five-week course. This week reflects on different views of leadership, especially in relation to its frequent comparator: management. You will consider the difference between the two approaches, see...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise an increased interest in exploring the history of reading understand a range of examples of research into the history of reading use RED to follow up any personal interests in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...resources and then what it does with those resources. So how it spreads out its leaves to get sunlight and carbon, how it spreads out its roots to get water and nutrients. How does this change across its lifetime of hundreds of years? And how did this evolve over millions of years? And how this species differs from other species to make it the enduring species it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs