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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
Can you harness intrapreneurship?
Money & Business

Can you harness intrapreneurship?

...OU), hosted by innovation advisor and engineer, Josh Valman. The four sessions look at the what intrapreneurs are and how the right culture can be created to allow them to solve problems in the same fashion as an entrepreneur and start-ups. We take a closer look at digital/AI and sustainability and learn how intrapreneurs could help you to solve difficult challenges in...
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Video 4 hrs
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
Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?
Education & Development

Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?

...become an Auror despite never taking his NEWTs? Could the skills he learnt outside of the classroom at Hogwarts have made him employable? ...On the face of it, Harry Potter did not have a traditional learning experience at school. During his fifth year at Hogwarts, he achieved seven OWL passes (Ordinary Wizarding Levels). Although Harry qualified to take NEWTs (Nastily...
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Article 10 mins
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...students bring a wide range of background experiences, needs and preferences. You may have considered the school’s accountability for, and the cost of, meeting the needs of these students. An alternative way of thinking about it might be to consider what a rich resource this diversity represents for the learning community. The perspectives that follow come from a range...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...OU interdisciplinary module International development: making sense of a changing world, lies behind the notion of ‘Fortress Europe’ – an outside closed off from external threats and an inside of border-free travel and movement. Or, at least that was the case, until the fences and walls started to go up on the inside of Europe. The future of Europe’s...
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Article 5 mins
OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...OU Senior Lecturer, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman (@RhianInSPACE ), PhD student, will look at the challenges of landing on the Red Planet and markers of life there. Transcript Dr Lewis will question why missions fly to Mars, why it is so hard to land there and what the recent European Space Agency...
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Article 5 mins
Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring
Nature & Environment

Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring

...student, Nikola Rogic...[Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska ] A view from space of Mount Cleveland volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (2006) A combination of passive and active remote sensing (RS) is accepted to be a technological solution for bridging critical gaps in volcanic hazard assessment and risk mitigation. Whereas many examples of satellite-borne volcano...
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Article 5 mins