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Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...adapted extract from the Open University short course LG002 Chinese business culture essentials...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: 1 What is culture? - What do you think of when the term ‘culture’ is mentioned? It is likely that the first images that come to mind are related to everyday situations and behaviours. However, the Iceberg metaphor...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...et al. (2002) suggest that interpersonal skills may be more important in a virtual team because electronic communication is not as rich as face-to-face interactions. ...Managing virtual project teams: 2 Managing virtual teams - The ability to work together at a distance makes it possible to carry out some projects that could not otherwise be carried out, and to involve...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...adapt to their recommended dietary and behavioural changes. The motivation for women to lose weight is often their own physical appearance, whereas men are more motivated by health concerns. Partners and friends of the person losing weight can help by providing positive support and motivation and emphasizing the benefits of weight loss such as increased stamina, mobility...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters
Languages

Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters

...been poor will remain poor. References Duffy et al. 2021. Unequal Britain: Attitudes to inequalities after Covid-19. London: The Policy Institute. Dorling, D. et al. 2000. The ghost of Christmas past: Health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991. BMJ 321: 1547-1551. Paterson, L.L. & I. Gregory. 2019. Representations of Poverty and Place. Basingstoke: Palgrave....
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Article 10 mins
How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...et al., 2020). Furthermore, while 79% of White students obtained a first or a second upper class degree in 2021/22, only 60% of Black students and 70% of Asian students did so (Higher Education Statistics Agency [HESA], 2023). This awarding gap remains even when prior qualifications are accounted for (see, for example, Richardson et al., 2015). So it’s not because...
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Article 5 mins
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...et al. 1993). [science fiction man in green light with bloodshot no ats] Green blood in humans? Science fiction or science fact? Green blood featured in an episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (The Theory of Everything). It may sound like science fiction - and indeed Star Trek’s Mr Spock supposedly had green blood - but real cases have been noted of...
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Activity 10 mins
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...et al., 2017) · dread associated with negative environmental information more generally (Clayton, 2020) · heightened psychological (mental, emotional, somatic) distress in response to the climate emergency (Bednarek, 2019). The term is an oversimplification though and symptoms can be varied and mixed. As well as general anxiety people might experience depression, guilt,...
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Article 5 mins
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...adapted to a return to the water, discussing such challenges as breathing, movement and communication. This is the seventh course in the Studying mammals series.NOTE: The Studying mammals series is gradually being updated and replaced. You can study an improved freestanding version of this course, titled Aquatic mammals,
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs