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Career Ready Courses
Miscellaneous

Career Ready Courses

...or transitioning into a new career, these Career Ready Courses provides the tools and knowledge to set you apart and ensure you’re not just ready to do the job, but ready to excel in the workplace. To help you get started, this short animated introduction will set you on your way, and then you’re all set to get ‘career ready’. Introduction to OpenLearn Transcript...
Surviving the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Surviving the 21st Century

...Serjeant interviewed him ahead of the 2010 Reith Lectures to find out what the future of humanity might be and whether we can really estimate the chance of life in space... An introduction: Surviving the 21st Century A short introduction to this album. Surviving the 21st Century Open University Professor Stephen Serjeant interviews Martin ahead of the 2010 Reith Lecture....
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...Introduction: Our project: Witness to Harm, Holding to Account - Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings: a mixed methods study Our research aimed to understand the experience of people being a witness in the Fitness to Practise process. We focused on cases where the witness or their family member has died or...
Exploring mathematics: maths in nature and art
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring mathematics: maths in nature and art

...introduction to the content of this album. Spirals in nature An introduction to a primitive mollusc, a triumph of natural engineering. How to create a spiral Ways of creating a mathematical spiral. Manufacturing patterns Using computers to design carpets. How a sundial works Using the shadow’s path to register the passing of time. Visualising a conic The mathematics...
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...introduction to our approach to Religious Studies as a subject area is here). But we also very much wanted our exploration of religion to be enjoyable, accessible, and relatable to our diverse student demographic. So many of our students are facing multiple challenges and demands on their attention while on their study journey. Many are working full-time – and some are...
Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...projects (plan, implement and review; collect, analyse and manage relevant information). You should now also understand how fundraisers might work in your organisation and the challenges they face...Week 5: Introducing fundraising: 5.1 Learning from the fundraising process - As you heard earlier, when Anna was talking about the organ fundraising project, the people...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Fourier Series
Science, Maths & Technology

The Fourier Series

...introduction to this album. Introduction to the Fourier Series A comparison between the waveforms produced from a single note on both the flute and violin. Fourier Analysis Demonstrating why someone sounds different on the phone, rather than in person, using the Fourier series. Stocking the supermarket How supermarkets use the Fourier series to forecast their stock levels....
Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...projects creating spaces for the African Caribbean community to come together to develop their physical and spiritual well-being. By the time the funding for her post ended, Betty was so deeply involved that she continued working with people on the many projects that were taking shape. Associations were formed for the different West Indian island groups. These led to the...