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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
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...business, so this is just another piece of television, whereas we don’t think of it as another piece of television. The other reason is there aren’t that many shows these days that are made about one place. When I made a show on the Sultan of Oman and I could take those rights and I could do something clever with them, we rarely do that now, so it’s usually a more...
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Video 40 mins
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...busy open-plan office. It also saves me time and money that used to be spent on travelling. On the down side, the boundaries between my home life and my work life have become very blurred, as my family will confirm...Introducing computing and IT: The rise of texting and messaging - You might wonder about how these technologies change the way we live, work and relax, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...business case for organisations to develop a sound well-being strategy stems from the strong research evidence linking stress to the costs of absenteeism, loss of talent through prolonged sickness absence, and the costs associated with recruitment to replace those leaving the organisation for stress-related causes (Eurofound, 2012; Foresight, 2008; CIPD, 2013)....
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...business lives. Legal and business decisions hinge on having timely data about what people have actually done. This free course, Digital forensics, is an introduction to computer forensics and investigation, and provides a taster in understanding how to conduct investigations to correctly gather, analyse and present digital evidence to both business and legal audiences....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Business data analytics and decision making....Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: Introduction - The objectives of this course are to explore ways to visualise data sets in Excel, familiarise yourself with Excel functions and explore the relationship(s) between variables. [A graphical illustration of different types of charts (e.g. pie chart, line graph).] Figure 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...businesses, in order to produce or obtain certain products (e.g. cotton and cocoa) Magdalene laundries in Ireland, which illustrate the use of forced labour by the Catholic Church...Modern slavery: 4.1 What is forced labour? - The legal definition of forced labour is set out in the ILO’s Forced Labour Convention, (no. 29) 1930. It defines forced labour as: ‘all work...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs