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An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence . The material acknowledged below and within the course is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: Every effort has been made to...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide
Society, Politics & Law

What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide

...writing] In 1966, alarmed at suggestions that security services were listening in to MPs' phone calls, then Prime Minister Harold Wilson pledged in the House of Commons that this would not happen: I reviewed the practice when we came to office and decided on balance—and the arguments were very fine— [...] that I should give this instruction that there was to be no...
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Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...and an Observer columnist since 1987. I am now the paper’s Technology columnist writing a weekly column and occasional OpEds and editorials.” John is author of three books: A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet 1999); From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet (2012); and 100 Not Out: A Lockdown Diary (2020)”...
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Audio 15 mins
Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...people use one hand to signify numbers. Yī, èr, sān, sì, wŭ, liù, qī, bā, jiŭ, shí. If you want to learn how to write the numbers from one to ten on a mobile device, you can free download the Open University’s “Chinese Characters First Steps” app, following the link on the website. Dur: 3’30” Inspired? Learn beginner's Chinese with The Open University...
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Video 5 mins
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...writing and speaking skills. The content focuses on food, restaurants and eating habits. The course also gives examples of how grammar, vocabulary, cultural aspects and study skills are taught by the OU in the Beginners' German module...This free course, Beginners' German: food and drink, provides materials that support the development of listening, reading, writing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity
Education & Development

Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity

...creative ways to keep learning going. For many in low-income countries the solutions have focused on low-tech approaches (e.g. radio broadcast in local communities). A recent blog post by Power (2020) on Activating local study-groups for children’s learning—an equitable EdTech response? shows how local community leaders in Zimbabwe have used WhatsApp to recruit and...
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Article 10 mins
The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice

...creative accounting in order to get around this rule, for example by claiming that a service was being provided with the loan, and in fact Christian banking houses were completely uninhibited by the usury laws. Jews were useful because they were prepared to lend to the very poor. The programme tells us that in times of economic difficulty, as in the early 16th century,...
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Article 5 mins
Statistics: What is it or what are they?
Science, Maths & Technology

Statistics: What is it or what are they?

...Creative Commons attribution licence] To illustrate further, let’s think about an example: an opinion poll to find out people’s voting intentions in the next General Election. The pollsters will interview a representative sample of electors, and ask each of them which party they would vote for if there were an election tomorrow. For instance, in its regular poll in...
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Article 5 mins