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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...money by closing most of the regional centers, one of the settings where student have the opportunity for face-to-face contacts with tutors. OU leaders argue that despite significant controversy over the move, almost all students now prefer to learn in an online-only environment. Still, none of these changes and challenges suggest any core defects in the OU’s model....
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Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline
History & The Arts

Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline

...money, Hitler struggles to survive in Vienna, living in a men’s hostel. He sells postcards which he’s drawn, of famous sights, and undertakes a series of menial jobs, to earn money. During this period of poverty, Hitler engages in much political activity, attending meetings, absorbing political newspapers and literature. 1913 Faced with military service for the...
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Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...business management. Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Understanding operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define ‘operations’ and ‘operations management’ identify the roles and
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...business? [Described image] Figure 1 The greenhouse effect due to increasing concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...business experts, and there are many books and research papers available. This course is intended as an introduction to leadership and followership, combining practical advice with a taste of some of that academic research. If you want to cover any of the topics discussed in greater depth, references are given to support further reading, and there are other OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...business could lose money. They instruct Alex not to visit customers but to phone instead. This is likely to be direct discrimination. Indirect discrimination Raja is starting a new job. The employer asks for proof of identity. The employer's policy says they only accept a birth certificate. Raja is a trans man. The birth certificate says 'female'. Raja would like to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...Money and Run, something like that, and it was about a logging issue on Saltspring, so it was his backyard, a very personal exploration of the story. And people went and watched that film, because first of all people who were interested in filmmaking watched his show, but he got some great moments, because his background, I think, was not in environmental filmmaking. So...
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