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Life behind a mask
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life behind a mask

...communicate changed due to wearing a face mask? Dr Marina Cantarutti, Interactional Linguist and Research Associate at The Open University, shares her thoughts...This year has seen the world change in ways we never could have imagined: socially distancing from friends and loved ones, remote working implemented across the UK, washing and sanitising our hands for more than...
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Five ways to... use free software
Science, Maths & Technology

Five ways to... use free software

...Communication There’s free packages that help you communicate with people: Google Talk Skype All of these programs let you talk to people and instant message them. If you want to talk to people remember that you’ll also need a microphone and speakers or headphones. Some packages such as Skype and Windows Live Messenger also allow you to call normal phone numbers,...
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Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence

...communication of a forensic expert’s analysis (from any discipline) is the report and the words it contains to communicate their conclusions. As reported elsewhere, phrases such as ‘is consistent with’, ‘likely’ are problematic, yet remain in common use in courts. A study involving 500 participants in a variety of forensic disciplines found ‘questionable...
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Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...communication in project team which are not collocated...Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO): Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the principles of effective governance of projects be aware of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in project governance such as project board, project sponsor,...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...communities can use to influence people and organisations with power. Advancing Black leadership builds on and consolidates learning from the Introducing Black leadership course. Transcript Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Dementia in the first person: Dementia Diaries give a voice to people with dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia in the first person: Dementia Diaries give a voice to people with dementia

...their experiences. Here's just a taste of the dozens of stories the project now hosts: Allan Davies: Make eye contact before talking Anne Scott: Not 'dementia Anne' at Christmas Kathy Dunning: Why do we need another word for dementia? Rukiya Mukadam: Dementia in my community You can explore these - and many other diarists' perspectives - at the Dementia Diaires website....
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Living with a learning disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with a learning disability

...communities...How would you feel if you couldn't choose what clothes you wanted to wear or buy? Find out for yourself, as this is just one of the scenarios covered in our interactive. Select here to begin the interactive... [What is it like living with a learning disability] Click on the image above to launch the interactive feature. Instructions For best results, use a...
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Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...community. These weekly articles will start in September 2021 and will continue into the Spring of 2022. Through these courses, articles and other content we hope to not only educate, inform and engage you but to provoke discussion, debate, and action from you. We need to see this as a global problem but one where local action, multiplied millions of times in homes and...
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