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Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...Business and Law (FBL) at The Open University. The project was premised on the fact that the largest group of stakeholders, after students, are the Associate Lecturers (ALs), also known as tutors. Associate Lecturers are responsible for teaching delivery, where they are the ‘face’ of OU academic staff for students. The OU has over 4,000 ALs, the largest body of...
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Article 15 mins
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...money would be looked at, which is fair enough, it’s public money. But no, the old days it was very free and easy I would say and a very appreciative audience, because a lot of things hadn’t been seen then. These days I think the problem is that almost anything you want to show has been seen somehow before. I think the big new series, there’s one called One Planet,...
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Video 30 mins
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...business decisions. The course also includes videos that introduce the key ideas and guide you through numerous examples...This free course introduces basic ideas of probability. It focuses on dealing with uncertainty in a financial context and explores decision trees, a powerful decision-making technique, which can help you to simplify and formulate business decisions....
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
MAED (Applied Linguistics) at the OU
Languages

MAED (Applied Linguistics) at the OU

...business/professional communication, healthcare and many other real-life settings. You will develop a solid grounding in a range of ideas and techniques within applied linguistics (e.g. semantics, pragmatics, intercultural communication, conversation analysis, ethnography, language and globalisation, role of technologies) and apply this to case studies from a variety of...
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Article 5 mins
Open door to success
Education & Development

Open door to success

...business...Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications [DWP and OpenLearn logos] Through partnerships with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your digital and employability skills, so you can prepare more effectively to...
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Article 5 mins
Critical Reflection
Money & Business

Critical Reflection

...The value of generosity in management Is the idea of being generous compatible with the tough world of business? The value of improvisation in management Can ideas from improvised Jazz help you improve your management practice? The value of conversation in management Conversations, rather than individual intentions, can have the biggest impact on our management decisions....
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Audio 7 mins
Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...money on offer is the same for both tournaments. The women’s competition is scheduled to run alongside the men’s, sometimes using the same venues including several ‘double header’ fixtures where the women’s match is be played directly before the men’s. The Hundred: a new era for women's sport? These tournament arrangements help endorse the view that The...
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Article 10 mins
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...money is core to poverty, making welfare policies such as benefits and cash grants vital for poverty reduction. However, evidence from around the world shows that complex application processes, pejorative treatment and discriminatory practices undermine dignity of people receiving monetary assistance. In some cases, it even contributes to people being excluded from...
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Article 5 mins