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Renewable Energy and the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Renewable Energy and the UK

...Managing energy supply from variable renewables to ensure it meets demand is one of the key challenges in a transition to a renewable future. Because wind and solar power output is variable, new ways of balancing supply and demand are being developed. These involve a mixture of demand management, storage, backup from conventional power stations, and new grid connections...
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - This free course, Investigating psychology, illustrates the range of questions investigated by psychologists. It has been designed to support your learning in one of the key areas of the discipline, ‘Conceptual and historical issues in psychology’, known to most psychologists as ‘CHIP’. It will help you to...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...manage a brand properly. In fact, as we noted in the introduction to this course, brands are valuable intangible assets. The example given earlier of how Coca-Cola outperforms its competitors in terms of brand asset values illustrates brand relevance. The underlying principle is that a branded product performs better in the market, and thus will have a positive financial...
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...Introduction - Robert Owen (1771–1858) (see Figure 1) was one of the most important and controversial figures of his generation. He lived through the ages of Enlightenment and Romanticism and was personally touched by the ideas and dramatic changes that characterised that era. Profiting enormously during the first half of his life from the progress of industry and...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
MSE’s Academy of Money Badge icon
Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...Introduction - This course looks at communication systems where devices are the main players, passing information to and from each other and possibly acting on that information to produce some kind of outcome. In these interactions, people may not be involved at all, or may have roles that are limited only to the initial setting of schedule (such as when certain tasks...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...manage to get a good work/life balance, most find it much harder to achieve. Dr Susan Himmelweit, an economist from The Open University, discusses this issue: "One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for...
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...Introduction - This course looks at visualisation as it relates to mathematics, focusing upon how it can be used to improve learning. It will also identify ways in which to make more use of visualisation within the classroom. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Using visualisation in maths teaching: Learning outcomes -...