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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland
Society, Politics & Law

The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland

...communities. London. Verso. Billig, M. (1995). Banal nationalism. London. Sage. Cruikshank, J. (1998) The Social life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory. London. University of Nebraska Press. Erikson, E. H. (1980 [1959]) Identity and the life cycle, New York, W. W. Norton. Jenson, M. D. and Snait. H. (2016). When politics prevails. The political...
Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE
Health, Sports & Psychology

Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE

...communication courses. In April 2024, The Open University (OU) held an online meeting attended by over 150 participants to launch the new Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course on European crime fiction. The meeting featured a discussion between Bill Alder of the OU and acclaimed crime fiction author Simon Brett OBE. In the conversation, Simon and Bill guide...
My career goal: Business and administrative
Money & Business

My career goal: Business and administrative

...communication and strategic skills, maybe even an apprenticeship to begin your career in business...Business and administrative apprenticeships Discover how an apprenticeship can kickstart your career by mixing learning with practical work. Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of...
Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...project or to get involved. For further information, please visit www.generationstudy.co.uk. Transcript The GRACE (Genetics Research Awareness via Community Engagement) project is supporting the Generation Study. To find out more about the GRACE project and its efforts to address underrepresentation in genetic research, visit www.open.ac.uk/grace or our YouTube playlist....
Changing the way we work
Money & Business

Changing the way we work

...Communications How our ability to invent and form relationships will be even more essential assets for business in the future. Organisational Forms How individuals are linked up as “virtual teams”, in ever-changing combinations to cater for the market at any given moment. Network organisations The distinction between competitor, customer, supplier and manager is now...
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...communication, you might well ask? As a long-standing fan, it is not an exaggeration to say that Bowie has greatly influenced the way I look at the world and respond to it. He has inspired a determined, multifarious and playful approach to the process of finding a voice, contemplating fantasy worlds, investigating modes of performance and wrestling with the concept of...
Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because the ocean is...