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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...business process, which is packaged as a reusable software component that is: well-defined – a software component with a clearly specified interface and outcome self-contained – the implementation of the service is complete and independent of any product, vendor or technology a black-box – the implementation of the service is hidden (encapsulated) from the service...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...business and the public and voluntary sectors. They are often highly complex and interconnected combinations of technology, organisations and people. Success and failure of IT systems can be seen in many different settings. Many are highly successful; others fail, sometimes spectacularly. This free course focuses on success, to help you understand what is meant by a...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...business of securing major individual contributions. We finish with a brief overview of legacy fundraising – the culmination for many donors of a lifetime's generosity. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Business...Building relationships with donors: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appraise the skills...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe
Nature & Environment

Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe

...business lobby groups while putting the public interest at risk. It’s no surprise that people are rebelling against the politics of the elite. But this rebellion is too often dangerously off-target. In times of insecurity and societal atrophy, lashing out at a scapegoat – whether that’s a migrant or a complex political institution – is an easy distraction. It’s...
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Article 5 mins
Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...businesses and, at the same time, help the society to solve major challenges like reducing reliance on fossil fuels and enabling the provision of clean energy. Economy quiz Test your knowledge about the UK economy. [image of a shopping centre?] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser....
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Article 5 mins
Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...business’. This album will provide you with insight into the debates that surround human health, and will enable you to appreciate and review your own and alternative standpoints and values in this important area of study. This material forms part of The Open University course K203 Working for health... Working for health A short introduction to this album. Radical...
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Audio 2 hrs 33 mins
Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...Busy Factories (many EMB posters were produced and displayed in sets of five) were starkly modernist and partly abstracted. His work is sometimes described as having elements of Cubism and Futurism. [EMB poster Motor Manufacturing] 'Motor Manufacturing', by Clive Gardiner, from the 'Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories' series of posters; 60 x 40 ins, displayed September...
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Article 5 mins
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...Business Review managing editor Helena Vieira during the Mobile Money and Financial Development Conference at LSE. Could you tell me briefly about your digital strategy? Ecobank is a pan-African bank. We’re in 33 markets in middle Africa. The aim of the bank has always been to foster inter-regional trade, inter-regional business. But with the change in digital banking...
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Article 10 mins