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Soft skills training
Money & Business

Soft skills training

...social attitudes and emotional intelligence. These qualities (also known as ‘core skills’) are increasingly important for success in the workplace – and not just for those in leadership positions. Everyone can benefit from some focused training and development to help them realise their full potential. OpenLearn has a number of courses you can study to enhance your...
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Parent and guardians: Your questions answered
Education & Development

Parent and guardians: Your questions answered

...social media support groups, accessing additional support and selecting the right student halls. Tips for belonging and community One of the biggest concerns for parents and guardians is whether their young person will feel a sense of belonging when they move away to university. In this video Alexandra offers practical ways to get involved so they feel part of the...
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Partnerships: working across boundaries
Money & Business

Partnerships: working across boundaries

...social environments. A second case study features Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), and examines how this large global humanitarian relief organisation harnesses a variety of relationships to help people in extreme emergency situations. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Working across...
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Wales: Culture and identity
Society, Politics & Law

Wales: Culture and identity

...difference in contemporary Wales. Nationalism and Welsh language Charlotte Davies draws connections between Nationalism and the Welsh language Labour traditions Andrew Edwards describes how his work on Labour Traditions links with ideas of connections in Wales. Political representation Anwen Elias discusses the circuit of knowledge and its usefulness to social scientists....
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Identity In Question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identity In Question

...social identity, ‘socialisation’, subjectivity and personhood. The case studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question... Identity In Question A short introduction to this album....
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Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...social, economic, cultural and political dimensions – influence a person's health...This free course, Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?, explores the extent to which a person's 'lifestyle' impacts on their health and wellbeing. It also examines how non-lifestyle related factors – in particular social, economic, cultural and political dimensions –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...social and technological systems, the linkages that are foregrounded by reapproaching the question of piracy in terms of the infrastructural implications of its practices. The centrality of infrastructural and logistical registers to piratical practices cuts across public/private distinctions and calls for a parametric sense of the political, rather than the fall-back on...
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Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...social media to portray a particular image to others, you are engaging in a form of marketing communications, with you as the brand. This course uses theories and models to explain marketing communications and provides examples of how to effectively manage the marketing communications process. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs