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Business Bursts: Branding
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Branding

...Management A product if you like is, if you could imagine such a thing, is just a sort of a basic functional thing that you buy to do something. So it might be a pair of shoes because you need to go for a walk, or it might be a car because you need to get from A to B in a slightly more sophisticated way. And what branding does is it imbues that basic product with a set of...
How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead
Money & Business

How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead

...management and resilience Digital and information literacy Numeracy Global citizenship Commercial and sector awareness You can search the hub by any of these themes, making it super easy to find what you need to strengthen specific areas or explore new ones. 3. A wide range of resource types Whether you prefer bite-sized articles, short activities, free courses, or video...
Should the Tories be worried about their low membership numbers?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Tories be worried about their low membership numbers?

...manager, just one bad game away from his own version of a Brexit. Attention has switched to the substitutes’ bench, where the aspirants are well prepared. Knowing that Boris Johnson is bound to be chosen on the grounds of personality, his rivals have resorted to the unfamiliar tactic of delivering policy-rich pitches. If anything, this promises to make the contest (when...
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle. Learning to change the future Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life. Providing communities with experts How a local Kamayoq is filling the role of a professional within the community. Speeding up the pace...
Hope in a changing climate
Nature & Environment

Hope in a changing climate

...who pollute less are rewarded. Ethiopia: Trees for life Professor Legesse Negash reveals how restoring Ethiopia's mountains is of regional, national and international importance. Ethiopia: all in the soil Professor Legesse Negash shows John Liu how in five years he has managed to turn an old tarmaced highway into rich fertile land with organic soil and natural vegetation....
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...managing grief experienced by bereaved spouses or partners of adults who had received palliative care in the UK. (Under review with Prospero) Vseteckova J, Jones K, Methley A, Boyle G, Garcia R (2020) A systematic review of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) compared with other psychological therapies in managing grief experienced by bereaved...
Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and reduced professional efficacy. Burnout can result in mental fatigue, (emotional and physical) exhaustion, anxiety, and disconnection and can have serious implications for...