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Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Business School’s Research Director for 3 years. Following this, Wendy emigrated to New Zealand in 2003 to introduce systems thinking and reflective practice to a lot of policy influencing and trans-disciplinary staff and projects in the Institute for Environmental Science and Research, based in Christchurch. In 2011, Wendy returned with her family to the UK....
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Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
Science, Maths & Technology

Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology

...busy with public engagement on the understanding of scientific facts and avoiding scientific misunderstanding around COVID-19. LEARN MORE: • Read our interview with science integrity expert Dr Elisabeth Bik, where she shares her experiences and concerns around the fake news and fake research around COVID-19. Click here. • Wondering how experts conduct research and...
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Design is open
Science, Maths & Technology

Design is open

...business innovation, and public services (Design Council, 2022). Design is in demand, because it is about shaping and bringing ideas to life – ideas that can make a real difference to people, places, and the planet. Whether the challenge is about improving digital and physical connectivity, reducing social isolation in an ageing society, enabling innovation, or helping...
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify

...busy recording new episodes of our podcast, It’s All Academic, in which we talk to Open University academics about their areas of expertise and the content they have on OpenLearn. With over 900 courses available, and thousands of articles, interactives and videos covering a huge array of subject areas, you can expect a fascinating new topic in every episode! We’ll...
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Careers in Esports
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Careers in Esports

...business and beyond. To explore these opportunities, we spoke with industry expert Leyla Sabet about careers in the sector...According to Precedence Research, the global esports market was valued at USD 6.61 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach approximately USD 48.09 billion by 2034. Audience growth continues to accelerate, with the global esports viewing population...
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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...money, time, research and computing power are being put into making better AI systems, but there's a sort of ‘artificiality’ at the moment to both the text that is generated by AI, and the sound that AI can generate or the images it produces. So, if you read AI-generated text, it's very fluent, it's usually grammatically correct, but it's boring! It doesn't take...
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The Dog of Alcibiades
History & The Arts

The Dog of Alcibiades

...money for himself. Other allegations that history has passed on include the one that he ‘profaned the Eleusinian Mysteries’, a cult which guaranteed its initiates eternal life, and that he had smashed statues of the gods. When the whispering against him in Athens became too threatening, he went over to Athens’ enemy, Sparta, and when that didn’t go entirely to...
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What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...money, for example, can be fascinating. You can see a wide variety of research done by children and young people here. Wanting to change something: Research led by children and young people can be important because it can help them to make their voices heard. The right for children and young people to be heard and to participate in society are both part of the United...
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