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Money & Business
Business support for small and medium-sized enterprises
Many Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faced challenges due to Covid-19, and continue to do so even several years on from its outbreak. With lives and livelihoods affected, many organisations were forced to reimagine the future. Studying our free business courses and interactives will help improve your skills and knowledge in business ...
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Digital & Computing
Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Having the right skills will improve your career options. These FREE business and management, computing and IT courses from The Open University address the UK’s skills shortage and will open doors to better opportunities.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Recognising the positive and reciprocal link between employee engagement and wellbeing, may help organisations navigate post-pandemic challenges. Andrea Pearce investigates...
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Money & Business
Privatising Thames Water
How did a public utlity turn into a financial instrument?
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Education & Development
Open door to success
The Department for Work & Pensions has partnered with The Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business.
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Education & Development
How to write a CV
A CV (curriculum vitae) is a brief account of your education, qualifications, skills and work-based experience, used mainly when applying for a job. Your CV is your first opportunity to tell an employer what you can do. A well written CV can make the difference between getting an interview and not being considered for the role.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
How does the brain age and what can be done to decrease the onset of dementia? This article has many handy tips for people with dementia and their carers.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Challenging ideas in mental health
Take a new and different look at mental health. This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, invites you to think differently about life's dilemmas by taking account of the views of all concerned, especially people experiencing mental distress. It explores ideas and practice in mental health, and will appeal to a wide range of people.
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Money & Business
Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
When it comes to the business of football, you get what you pay for. Stefan Szymanski provides an insight into the professional side of the sport.
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Money & Business
Using data to aid organisational change
Explore how to use data to inform a change you would like to make within your business or organisational context. It looks at the type of evidence you can gather to inform your proposed change, and how to evaluate data with a view to using it as part of this transformation. Specifically, you will learn about internal and external sources of...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Managing Relationships and Work
The Managing Relationships theme within the Applying Psychology to Work hub has been designed to help you understand your workplace relationships. It provides you with skills, tools, resources and short courses to manage and maintain healthy and sustaining professional relationships with your colleagues.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
When we lose a job or it goes through a fundamental change, particularly without knowledge and or consultation, this can have a profound effect on our sense of wellbeing and worker identity. This article explores the impact...