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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...source of compliant and cheaper help. The robots already in production, Belpaeme tells me, are principally geared to monitoring the elderly and infirm, or providing companionship while, as yet, performing only the most straightforward of physical tasks. Wait… companionship? “Yes,” says Belpaeme, deadpan, “Of course it would be better to have companionship from...
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Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
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Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images/Tables Course Image: © sabirmallick/Getty Images Figure 1: sodabottle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mangulam_inscription.jpg https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/ deed.en Figure 2: planeMad/Wikimedia https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing high trust work relationships
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Developing high trust work relationships

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: 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. Images Course image: Adapted from http://accocladecommunications.wordpress.com Figure 1: © Meriel Jane...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Employee engagement
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Employee engagement

...Open University course BB845 Strategic human resource management...Employee engagement: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify and describe the meaning of employee engagement and its different components appreciate the strategic issues associated with employee engagement describe the changes in systems of employee relations...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Step up to leadership
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Step up to leadership

...open and honest, particularly around decision-making. As I said previously, I'm a constable and human being. And it's acknowledging that at times we can get things wrong. But it's being able to learn from any mistakes that we have, being able to step up and say, I bet I could do that a different way. I maybe done that wrong this time, and acknowledging that, but also...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
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Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish, which is taught in Spanish. This course makes use of a voice recording tool. Please note that this will only currently work in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. We hope to fix this problem soon...Advanced Spanish: Language in context: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introduction to complex analysis
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Introduction to complex analysis

...Open University course M337 Complex Analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex variable, emphasising their geometric properties and indicating some applications...This free course, Introduction to complex analysis, is an extract from the third level Open University course M337 Complex analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
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Intermediate German: The world of work

...Open University course L223 German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world...Intermediate German: The world of work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand spoken German in the context of work talk about personal work history and attitudes to work refer to past events and specify lengths of time express...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs