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Partnerships: working across boundaries
Money & Business

Partnerships: working across boundaries

...Creativity, innovation and change... Working across boundaries An introduction to this album’s content Regeneration How partnerships can bring in the essential finance needed for regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent Tourism How the City Council and Royal Doulton worked together to develop visitor services at the pottery. Neighbourhoods The way in which partnerships and...
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Audio 38 mins
Entrepreneurial Lives
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial Lives

...Business as bricolage Bricolage refers to ‘making-do’ with limited resources in new and creative ways. How do entrepreneurs approach the realities of running a business? Lifestyle entrepreneurship: A life affirming business ethic MariaLaura unpacks the notion of ‘lifestyle’ and explores the priorities and orientations of the so-called ‘lifestyle entrepreneur’....
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Audio 1 hr 17 mins
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. Course image: © Sakonboon Sansri/Shuttterstock.com. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: 1. Join over 200,000 students, currently...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen

...writing them down. Since her writings had to be subjected to the official sanction of a Papal Commission, her reputation grew and her presence gave the monastery much prestige, attracting visitors and pilgrims. However, Hildegard began to feel constrained by St. Disibode’s and in 1148 she left with her nuns (and their dowries) against the Abbott’s wishes and...
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Article 5 mins
World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan

...writing verses to earn a living and these were well received. This success helped her become one of the first professional female writers in Europe. Her patrons included Louis I, Duke d’Orléans; the Duke de Berry; Philip II the Bold of Burgundy; Queen Isabella of Bavaria and, in England, the 4th Earl of Salisbury. In 1404 she was commissioned by the Duke of Burgundy to...
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Article 5 mins
Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...writings of a Russian anarchist prince called Peter Kropotkin. In the following podcast you can listen to the Philip being interviewed by Andy Morris, which introduces you to Kropotkin's life and ideas. Philip is interviewed by Andy Morris from The Open University’s Geography Department. [Marx as fashion] Transcript Andy Morris (AM): Hello, I'm Andy Morris and I'm...
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Audio 10 mins
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...write about it. This certainly applies to the topic of learning. This course will introduce you to some of the theories about the ways in which we learn. When you are studying, it is generally a good idea to read about what other people have already thought about the subject, to help you develop your own opinion in an informed way. If you are not used to reading about...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...write up a research proposal...This free course, Introducing research in law and beyond, is designed to introduce you to the skills required to develop and complete a legal research project. You will learn about the complexities of research, how to identify a research topic, how to conduct a literature review and how to develop research questions. This course also...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs