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How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...busy street in Milan with sirens, there is no spoken audio. Audio 1: A busy street in Milan with sirens Please note this audio contains the sounds from a busy street from an open window in Florence, there is no spoken audio. Audio 2: Sounds from a busy street from an open window in Florence Answer You probably thought here that the quieter noise would be better for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...business. Collaboration plays a similarly important role in coaching by guiding and developing athletes to improve their skills, tactics, and overall performance. Effective teamwork among coaches, athletes, and support staff is essential for creating a cohesive and productive environment. Activity 3 Your favourite team Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes Watch this...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...busy times, and the backlog might be cleared when less demand is coming in. The alternative approach is to adjust capacity in anticipation of a change in demand. We could look at demand forecasts and anticipate when peaks and troughs are going to occur, usually through seasonality of demand. We then make adjustments to capacity to match the general pattern of demand over...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...business model to follow as it illustrated just how easy it is to profit off deep-seated insecurities stemming from a lifetime of being treated as ‘less than’ (see Amin, 1990). It is worthy of note here that ‘locs’, a natural hairstyle that has historically been worn across several civilisations and cultures, has been and is often referred to as ‘dreadlocks’....
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Article 5 mins
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...Business...Marketing communications as a strategic function: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the strategic importance of communications in a competitive environment...Marketing communications as a strategic function: 1 Barriers to a strategic view - Marketing communications is not always accepted as...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...Business Dialogue in Germany. He is a co-founder and the Chief Technical Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, an open-source biotech company based in his hometown of Pittsburgh that pushes the boundaries of implantation, often with Cannon himself as the main experimentee. [Sketch of a cyborg] “The peripheral nervous system is a place that we’re going to be going in probably...
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Article 10 mins
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...business and we should not take this too seriously. However, most technological change does not happen overnight. As you work through the rest of this course, you will develop your understanding of the basic principles and processes involved in IT systems. This will put you in a better position to distinguish between fact and science fiction...IT in everyday life: 2.1...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...business and trading Commercial Words: 0 (Adapted from Career planning and job-seeking workbook, p. 30, Open University Careers Service.) Make a note of which were the most important values for you. Did any of them surprise you? You may want to come back to these when you start to develop your action plan towards the end of the course...Week 1: The story so far: 4...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs