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Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an unprecedented global response that many organisations would not have foreseen and had to adjust their approach to planning. Uncertainty is a constant, and to thrive organisations and individuals need to develop the skills for futures and foresight...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rebecca Ferguson on Working Collaboratively
Education & Development

Rebecca Ferguson on Working Collaboratively

The Open University's Rebecca Ferguson explains the why it's important for long distance learners to work together in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Video 10 mins
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...work?, introduces these questions by briefly sketching in the dramatic events of the Anglo-Chinese conflict over Hong Kong from 1839 to 1842...How are empires ruled? How do military, economic, logistic and cultural constructs combine to create 'systems of empire'? This free course, How do empires work?, introduces these questions by briefly sketching in the dramatic...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Working with charts, graphs and tables, will help you to develop the skills you need to do this. For further study, there's another course titled 'More working with charts, graphs and tables' which looks into more ways to present statistical information and shows you how to use charts, graphs and tables to present your own information...When you come across information...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...Working with our environment: an introduction, examines the use of ozone-depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day, find out how we have changed the planet...Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...work, concentrates on developing cultural knowledge and practical language skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and interacting in a variety of situations. The course will be of interest to anyone who wants to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in German. It focuses on talking about and reflecting on work and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...work that way.” Nash and Haelle are in good company: more than two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. For many of them, the cure is diet: one in three are attempting to lose weight in this way at any given moment. Yet there is ample evidence that diets rarely lead to sustained weight loss. These are expensive failures. This inability to curb the...
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Video 5 mins
How Do Batteries Work?
Science, Maths & Technology

How Do Batteries Work?

...works...What is an electric current? Within every atom there’s a tiny, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a number of even smaller, negatively charged particles called electrons. The electrons each carry the same amount of negative charge. The charge on the nucleus is equal in size to the total charge of all the electrons in an atom, which is why atoms are...
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Article 10 mins