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Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 3: Creating value: Introduction - ‘A business is a value delivery system.’ (Lanning and Michaels, 1988) What is meant by a value delivery system and why is this important in starting a new enterprise? It is only by creating something that people are willing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...education and development. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs: offer less structural approaches to professional development through resource groups, networks, mentoring programs etc. Offer quality role models: a varied array of leaders indicates that an organisation is committed to diversity and offers role models to identify with. Make the position...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...resources. The importance of peer reviewed publications to the scientific community is undisputed, as they support the development of evidence base and facilitate knowledge exchange between scientific communities across borders. [student looking at laptop holding book doing research] We must, however, also look at the direct impact that our work has on the wider public....
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Article 10 mins
Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...Open University, gives us an overview of his current projects...Transcript © ​ The Open University Transcript Joe Smith Most of my time at the moment is taken up with three research projects, the first being Quiet Sustainability. We’re trying to work out why it is that so many people in post-socialist countries, Poland and the Czech Republic in our case study, are...
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Video 5 mins
Social care, social work and the law
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care, social work and the law

...Open University course K269 Social care, social work and the law (England and Wales)... Social care, social work and the law A short introduction to this album. Social workers and the law The legal implications surrounding social work are varied and intricate. Stewart Vernon defines and highlights the implications of training and the punitive aspects of the law. Children...
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Audio 2 hrs 40 mins
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...open to you? What resources do you have? Who can help you? Threats: what might cause you difficulties? What responsibilities do you have? What might restrict you? This technique can help you to focus on the main issues you need to consider and to aim for a specific goal that is achievable. Once you’ve used it to identify what is feasible, you can start to prioritise and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...education was fundamental in improving a woman's place in society and strived for equality. Read her story here... Emily Davies England 1860 - 1921 Higher Education [Emily Davies image] Emily Davies portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1880 In mid nineteenth-century England the world of higher education, like many others, was closed to women. Many people opposed the idea of...
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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Educational Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS FELA) took strike action in April and May 2022. Lynn Rooney gives us a personal view of the background...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a...
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Article 5 mins