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Metric spaces and continuity
Science, Maths & Technology

Metric spaces and continuity

...introduction to metric spaces and continuity. The key idea is to use three particular properties of the Euclidean distance as the basis for defining what is meant by a general distance function, a metric. Section 1 introduces the idea of a metric space and shows how this concept allows us to generalise the notion of continuity. Section 2 develops the idea of sequences and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...introduction as a student had a significant impact on my own work. When I wrote the proposal for a PhD in literature and science, it originally did not cover any science fiction at all—it was my supervisor, Sally Shuttleworth, who very soon after the start of my PhD convinced me to include science fiction. I am grateful for that, but I also wonder how many other...
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Article 10 mins
Creativity at Work
Money & Business

Creativity at Work

...Managing a successful business is never simple, especially when it’s necessary to navigate a company through a changing landscape. Featuring a series of interviews on topics such as flexible working, the role of leadership and creating under constraint, this collection also takes a closer look at fear, bias and intuition and the role they play on shaping creative...
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Video 1 hr 16 mins
How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...project. DEAD GOOD are death workers and death educators, and have experience in supporting bereaved neurodivergent children and families. DEAD GOOD retains the copyright for the images used. The Grieving Divergently pilot project work has been supported by funding from the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. [The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and...
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Article 5 mins
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...introduction along with a 172 line poem followed by accompanying notes. The nature of the work is clear: it’s a reasoned and passionate response to the perceived ills and injustices of the world by an 18 year old radical. First and foremost the young Shelley issues a pointed condemnation of the militaristic stance of the British establishment, along with stanzas that...
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Article 5 mins
Leadership in Health and Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leadership in Health and Social Care

...managers, from frontline roles across health and social care in the UK, are real people in real roles. By sharing their experiences through short videos, they help to bring alive the ideas studied in the course and help you to explore how they might play out in real-life situations. This material forms part of The Open University course K313 Leadership and management in...
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Audio 32 mins
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...project management process brings for us. Often, dynamic people and dynamic organisations like policing tend to be very uncomfortable with that kind of structure and governance, but it's absolutely critical when you're trying to deliver quite complex change over a sustained period of time. And I think, often, that lack of attention to discipline is where a lot of us fall...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...project at The Open University, aimed at improving the political understanding of young people aged 16-24 in the UK, through the development of resource(s) that help them to better understand how to be active citizens. More Initially focusing on Wales and young Welsh people aged 16-24, the Changemakers project has used a variety of research methods, such as online surveys...
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Article 5 mins