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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...History Month - My name is If you want to try it out for yourself – visit https://raceequalitymatters.com/ my-name-is/ You can find a useful list of possible ways to respond to microaggressions here: Responding to Microaggressions and bias Now that you have identified some areas that you’d like to improve on, you’ll look at setting relevant goals and breaking down...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...family member to go through with them verbally and help them through the process. Depending on the role that you do, you might be asked to do a technical task. So the internet is a wealth of information. So I definitely recommend people to do their research thoroughly on the company. There's lots, especially, if you're going for a very corporate well-known company, there...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...families. However, risk is not just about health and safety or environmental protection; there are a variety of other risks which could be economic, societal or political. In addition, the failure of a project might itself be ‘risky’. The important thing is to recognise what is meant by risk and, as a result, plan for it as much as possible. Section 1 examines what is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...families, into individuals, into their beliefs and then back around again in a cycle. What I love about this image is it's made up of concepts that explores our worldviews, and it helps us - it's helped me anyway - to see what others think and to see where they're coming from. And it feels just incredibly cool to do that. And what was most exciting for me designing this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...family. So we have to be very particular about the cultural context we’re talking about. The individual is premised on a Western belief of the individual, that, the sort of the integrity of self. So it’s there in popular culture. It’s there as narratives of how we understand the person. Especially in psychology, it’s there very clearly as there is this sort of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...family. The ‘structure–agency’ debate has dominated discussions in sociology since the 1970s, particularly in relation to the capacity of individuals and groups (‘collective agency’) to change the context (or social structures) within which they exist. Moving beyond those oppositional views, Anthony Giddens (1984) argued that individuals have the capacity for...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...history, music has freely exploited state-of-the-art technological developments, and has had an intimate relationship with sciences such as physics, mathematics and, more recently, electronics and computing. T212 The Technology of Music, the OU's course on music technology, explores many examples that highlight this close relationship of music with both technology and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...history. For example, words that sound like 'water' have been used for this liquid for thousands of years. The old English term was 'waeter', in old Saxon 'watar', in old German 'wazzar' and ancient Greek 'hudor'. For common compounds these old names linger on: water, ammonia, salt and alcohol are just some examples. However, there are millions of different compounds - if...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs