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Gain Skills with The Open University
Money & Business

Gain Skills with The Open University

...OU are working together to offer all Michelin staff and their families the opportunity to upskill and reskill using OU courses...From free, short courses to modules and degrees, The OU has something for everyone. If you are interested in studying one of our accredited modules or qualifications, you can find more information at...
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The impact of a Professional Doctorate
Education & Development

The impact of a Professional Doctorate

...OU graduates about the personal and professional impact of the Professional Doctorate...EdD Journeys Listen to the educational experiences of four OU graduates, and the difference the professional doctorate made in their lives. Transcripts Professor Hazel Reid - Transcript Dr Eddie Rocks - Transcript Dr Pauline Lyseight-jones - Transcript Dr Tim Maxwell - Transcript EdD...
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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...OU student says: I think it is important to take one day off to refresh the mind. I know that you may feel you cannot afford to do it but you do need some downtime. Go for a run, take time to look at the world around you, it is worth taking the time out. Feeling as though you ‘don’t want to’ or ‘just cannot’ do something may appear as procrastination but may...
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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...students taught through a standard classroom book versus simulations. In this strategy, participants are randomly assigned to a control or experimental group (for example, the classroom book or the simulation group). The non-experimental strategy is used when you don't aim to change a situation, but still measure outcomes in different populations and situations....
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Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...Students of languages become aware of this when they have learned to pronounce something correctly and suddenly start to hear it clearly. For instance, when a student of Spanish has learnt how to say a rapid colloquial expression such as p’alante and finds she can suddenly hear and understand it. What the mouth can say becomes accessible to the ear to hear....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...students come into medical school but it’s important to remember that there are some areas of the country without a district general hospital, for example, Powys in Wales, and those students making an application to medical school can do things like working at nursing homes, special needs schools, nurseries, GP practices, veterinary surgeries, but we’ve also had...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...students, where to be flexible in your mindset and where you want to be in 10 years time is just a different way of working. And I think the workplace is changing, be that flexible working hours, more entrepreneurial working relationships. I just think the way that countries and cities and financial services now work is all changing a lot. There's a lot of remote working...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Gain Skills with The Open University
Money & Business

Gain Skills with The Open University

...OU are offering Rolls-Royce staff and their families the opportunity to upskill and reskill using OU courses...[Two intertwined 'R's on a royal blue background make up an emblem in white with the words 'Rolls' and Royce at the top and bottom of it.] From free, short courses to modules and degrees, The OU has something for everyone. If you are interested in studying one of...
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