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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...FAQ...Session 6: Using information responsibly and communicating in an online learning environment: 2.1 Useful features of Twitter - ‘Hashtags’ in tweets take the form of, for example, #postgraduatestudy (note that two or more words are joined together in this example; capital letters are optional). Hashtags are used to indicate the subject of the tweet. They are...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...de Klerk cancelled the country’s nuclear weapons programme. South Africa became the first – and to date the only – country to have developed its own nuclear weapons and then to unilaterally dismantle them. Since then, successive South African governments have been active in supporting nuclear disarmament, playing a key role in establishing the African Nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...de-rated version. In short, the operations side of a business is forced to manage the dynamics of change on an almost continuous basis. Of course, managing change is not just restricted to managing technological change. As we made clear at the outset of this course, technological and organisational change go hand in hand. Sometimes technological change leads to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...de facto lingua franca of business and places like Silicon Valley are the epicentre of innovation in their field, it is easy to forget that much creativity continues to happen in diverse cultural environments. In the modern, globalised age it is tempting to focus solely on the common features different organisations or perhaps even different people share. This temptation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Week 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Clem Herman and Katie Chicot. Except for third party materials and...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...de Gruyter. Collinson, D. (1994) ‘Strategies of resistance: Power, knowledge and subjectivity in the workplace’, in J. Jernier, D. Knights and W. Nord. (eds) Resistance and power in organizations. London: Routledge, pp. 25–68. Gagnon, S. and Collinson, D. (2017) ‘Resistance through difference: The co-constitution of dissent and inclusion’, Organization Studies,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...de-sac from which it is extremely unlikely to be rescued by the operation of natural selection. Question 9 Question: There's perhaps a danger of thinking of omnivory as being the ideal 'jack-of-all-trades' feeding tactic, permitting animals to switch from one food source to another as the occasion demands. What disadvantages might omnivory present? Answer To complete the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...de Roman/WireImage via Getty Images Michelle Obama: Monica Schipper; Getty Images Angela Merkel: Omer Messinger / Stringer Activity 6 Figure 5: Darth Vader: Ann E. Parry/Alamy Stock Photo Homer Simpson: Entertainment Pictures/ Alamy Stock Photo Marge Simpson: Everett Collection/ Alamy Stock Photo Princess Leia: AF Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Joey from Friends: ZUMA Press,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs