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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...social responsibilities. Recognising and understanding the challenges to achieving diversity goals, this course also provides practical ideas and approaches to recruitment and retention, and embedding diversity and inclusivity into workplace culture. Throughout the course, there will be opportunities to learn from those who have taken a lead in this area and to consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...social approach to sport injury and consider the roles of those around the injured athlete or exercise participant. By the end of this session, you should be able to: understand the biopsychosocial approach to sport injury recognise the importance of multidisciplinary teams in supporting the injured person be aware of professional boundaries in providing sport psychology...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...social media, we can see that it arrives at this number with some very simple statistical modelling assumptions and severe extrapolations (estimating unknown values using trends in values we know already, but going far beyond the current range of values). So where did these researchers go wrong? The core analysis of this study is based on a simple regression (a...
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Article 10 mins
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...social, economic, political, and environmental issues of this time. It will highlight the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and outline key global development issues such as migration, socio-economic security, technological innovation and environmental sustainability. You’ll be introduced to a conceptual framework called PASH (power, agency, scale and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Coming Soon: Dog Grooming for Beginners
Education & Development

Coming Soon: Dog Grooming for Beginners

...for free, particularly in times when all the dog groomers are closed due to the social distancing measures put in place to reduce the outbreak of COVID-19.” [Pippin the dog] Too glam to give a damn! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to find out about other exciting courses in the future. This OpenLearn course was produced with the kind support of The Far-Fetched Society....
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Article 5 mins
Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments

...events which you will be able to investigate with simple home experiments to understand the science behind them. We hope that you will investigate further and you can share and discuss your results with us on the OpenLearn social media channels. Just tag us or @ us in your posts on Facebook or X. Watch these instructional videos and recreate your own wild weather...
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Video 30 mins
The language of protest
Society, Politics & Law

The language of protest

...social media offers an important outlet for freedom of expression. What he was alluding to is the idea that democracy as a political system is one that’s founded on debate – on citizens having a say in how they’re governed, and promoting their own political views and ideas via persuasion rather than coercion. It’s also a way of holding those in power to account,...
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Video 15 mins
Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...social media and forums Physically - by collaborating with OU departments, staff and student networks, external artists, institutions and organisations. WHEN: We aim to create a network that allows for ongoing work and structured events. Ongoing work Inviting the global community to collaborate on, join, interact and network through online events (and where geographically...
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Article 5 mins