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Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
Nature & Environment

Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?

...management. Jake had become very concerned about UK energy policy. This was a time when North Sea oil and gas were coming on stream and there was a rose-tinted optimism about the future of nuclear power. How about just using less energy? He set out his views in his 1975 book ‘Fuels Paradise’. At the OU Jake set up an Energy Research Group (ERG), mainly consisting of...
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...management is also a crucial skill for a leader with competing priorities. Pressure to complete a project or deliver an outcome within a short time frame can come from many sources, including senior leaders, clients, funding bodies or even governments. Managing your time effectively can make meeting key deadlines much easier...Week 1: Where are you starting from?: 6 This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...managed that participation with another archive project, which was The Virtual Revolution and The Virtual Revolution was a project where we took archive and we took rushes from a programme that was actually being made and we gave the public access to all of that material to make their own documentary. And that was a very successful project; people did turn up some really...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...introduction to robotics, playful computer programming, and the internet of things. Most recently he has been writing about aspects of computer security from malicious software to cybercrime and cyberwar. Mike’s lecture is inspired by his teaching for the OU Module TM112 Introduction to computing and information technology, which will run from April October 2018. In...
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Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...project management. Or I could do something different, which is to start managing people more and perhaps get to the point where I have my own team, which, I think, sounds like something I might be interested in actually. COACH It's tough, though, isn't it, being at a crossroads. I mean, I remember myself when I was at a career crossroads. This is probably 20 years ago...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...projects. For purposes of this short OpenLearn course, a brief introduction to both traditions is possible, so the next section will introduce some basic concepts and frameworks relevant to CoPs. Discussion Bawden uses ‘critical social learning system’ to refer to a group of people: ‘A CSLS is a group of people who have decided to collaborate in order to seek...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...Introduction - This course comprises two parts, one relating to marketing and the other to financial information. Each part consists of a short, introductory reading and an activity which requires students to analyse their own work practice in relation to the ideas covered in the reading. The marketing reading and activity cover the concept of ‘customers’ and who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
What are the secrets of enduring love?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the secrets of enduring love?

...Introduction Why this book 'And they lived happily ever after’. From fairy tales to Hollywood movies, we all know that any good love story ends this way. Just as the relationship starts, the story stops. But what happens after ‘happily ever after’? This book is all about exactly that: how you can live your life, day-to-day, over the whole of your relationship....
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