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Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...centres on distinguishing whether recent increases in productivity are just cyclical, and hence temporary, or whether they are the beginning of a new and long-lasting trend. If the increase in productivity in the USA in the late 1990s was cyclical, this means that it occurred simply because the US economy as a whole was undergoing a boom in the latter half of the 1990s,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...researchers have addressed the question 'Does Prison Work'? It relates directly to Book 3 Chapter 2 & Book 2 Chapter 5 of the course. It's presented by Richard Sparks of Reele University. MICHAEL HOWARD Let's be clear, prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice. RICHARD...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...researching, you were writing, publishing papers or what? BP: Yeah, what you do as an academic. I published papers on all sorts to do with sports science, but also I have a special interest, perhaps from my own experience, in how people perceive potential disasters, how people respond to existential risks, and societies, how we deal with big environmental, potential...
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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...research evidence linking stress to the costs of absenteeism, loss of talent through prolonged sickness absence, and the costs associated with recruitment to replace those leaving the organisation for stress-related causes (Eurofound, 2012; Foresight, 2008; CIPD, 2013). Additionally, pressures derived from tight deadlines and work intensification are leading to higher...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...children, and looking, I chose to think, somewhat sourly askance at the distasteful ceremonial. I wished to stop him, on his way to the Minster, if that was his way, and tell him that so Christianity must have begun, and so the latest form of it must always begin and work round after ages and ages to the beauty and respectability his own ritual has. But I now believe this...
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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...children lodged in workhouses wore badges and blue caps, whereby they might be known the children of the workhouse and distinguished from all other children. Badged coats and gowns were like liveries, representing the munificence of the benefactor. The Blue Coat School Movement, founded at the end of the seventeenth century to provide pious instruction and education to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...research is in the area of innovative pedagogy and open education. Tita speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian. She is also currently learning German, and she has also already decided what three languages she’s going to learn next! You can find out more about her teaching and research on Tita’s OU Profile. [An image of Olly Richards] Olly Richards Olly Richards...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...research suggests there are some consistent components which need to be recognised and considered...Approaching leadership with care: 4 The ‘four Ps’ of leadership - Hartley and Allison (2003), in their work exploring health and social care services, identified three different components in leadership: the person, the position and the process. Rogers and Reynolds...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs