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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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Article 10 mins
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...OU Open Justice Centre and OU Law School students, with law school students across eight universities, collaborated and participated on a project that explored race and policing in the US and the UK. The race and policing project focus was, in part, to explore, analyse, and explain the ways race and racism intersect in public institutions and society more broadly. It has...
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Article 10 mins
Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...OU Economics Seminar Series on the crisis in care. What are the benefits that may come from care-led recovery? Dr Jerome De Henau is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Open University, principal investigator on international projects for organisations including the ILO (International Labour Organization) and FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies), and...
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Video 3 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Student Experience Manager, Law, The OU Law School, Faculty of Business and Law); Fiona MacKinnon (Staff Tutor, Nursing, School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, WELS); Gavin Williams (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Roisin McPhilemy (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Sue...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...OU are working together to analyse how attendees interact with the walk. In this article we’re reflecting on the experiences of Andrew, one of the Café’s volunteers. It is thanks to the generosity of local volunteers like Andrew that the Café and its activities have been so successful. To set the scene, the Café is held at and hosted by volunteers from St....
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Article 10 mins
Why do birds eat plastic?
Nature & Environment

Why do birds eat plastic?

...OU's Miranda Dyson explains...[Albatross at Midway Atoll Refuge showing the plastic rubbish in its stomach] The unaltered stomach contents of a dead albatross chick photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific in September 2009 include plastic marine debris fed the chick by its parents. We have all seen pictures of dead birds and whales and other...
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Article 5 mins
Street Science with Jon Chase
Health, Sports & Psychology

Street Science with Jon Chase

...Student Incredible. Student Well if you bounce it around. Student Spinning. Jon Chase Yeah. You can bounce it around a little bit. Yeah. It should stay like that. Student No way. Student Whoa. Student It’s spinning in the middle. Jon Chase Yeah. Title: Sucking Eggs Student Who reckons they can get this egg in this bottle without ......
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Video 5 mins