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Supply chains: Smart cars
Science, Maths & Technology

Supply chains: Smart cars

...management... Supply chains: Smart cars A short introduction to this album Smart thinking Introducing the funky customisable Smart car, the result of a partnership between Mercedes and Swatch watches Smartville How the innovations continue at Smart's factory, and how the brand image is built Behind the brand The radical re-thinking of the car assembly process and its...
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Audio 32 mins
Partnerships: working across boundaries
Money & Business

Partnerships: working across boundaries

...manage relationships across various physical and cultural divides? This album explores how the formation of a variety of partnerships, spanning public, private and voluntary sectors, has radically regenerated the City of Stoke-on-Trent in the UK, bringing major improvements for the city’s physical and social environments. A second case study features Medecins Sans...
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Audio 38 mins
Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...manage our ‘mobile conversations’...Find out about The Open University's English courses Digital technologies such as WhatsApp and other messaging apps are now deeply embedded into many people’s daily lives. Mobile conversations interweave in complex ways with offline activities, interrupting and being interrupted by what we’re doing in the real world. Phone...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...introduction to this album Visual Impairment: Derek 's Story Derek Child describes how he felt when he lost his sight. Training techniques Derek talks about long cane training and his decision to do guide dog training. Dealing with External Environment Derek describes the difficulties faced on the streets today and the interaction he has with strangers. Returning to Work...
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Audio 54 mins
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...project, which included a team from the Open University led by Dr Verina Waights, have developed a website to support carers through helping them to use digital technologies and get online. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. [Image of a young carer and an older person talking] Over a 100 million people in Europe care...
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Article 10 mins
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...Introduction - Much of what is most important about management is interpersonal, how we deal with others. Awareness of our own and others’ interpersonal skills can help us enormously in dealing with the work tasks we are responsible for. This course is also available in Welsh on Openlearn Cymru. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Business &...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...introduction to this album. The Work and Background of a Female Automotive Engineer Penny Freeman, a professional automotive engineer, talks about her career in car and component manufacturing in the UK. Life as a Digital Communications Engineer Steve Baker, an electronics engineer, talks about his career in electronic hardware and software engineering. Implementing New...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
Air Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Air Pollution

...management and looks at how we analyse pollution control problems. Five video tracks review the nature and characteristics of air pollution today and demonstrate how air quality data is interpreted. They include a comparison between shipping and car emission levels, the processes used to remove pollutants from the air, and ways in which British Aerospace could limit its...
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Audio 26 mins