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Science, Maths & Technology
My career goal: Engineering
In this multi-disciplinary industry, you'll need a diverse range of technical and critical thinking skills to take on complex tasks. Here's some advice to help you get started with building tomorrow's world.
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Nature & Environment
My career goal: Environment
Interested in veterinary or agricultural work, or more industrial work like food farming and sustainable energy? Find out how you can gather skills and carry out work that will have a real impact on our relationship with the environment.
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Society, Politics & Law
Misha Hebel On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Misha Hebel speaks with Prof. Simon Bell about emergent properties, rich pictures, environmental challenges and the pandemic from a systems perspective.
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History & The Arts
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
We turned ten in 2016 - isn't that amazing? What's even more amazing is this list of ten extraordinary people and their incredible stories...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Hidden Maths
Join us in breaking down the myths and mystery surrounding the world of Mathematics and Statistics with our FREE learning content.
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Society, Politics & Law
Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Wendy Gregory speaks with Prof. Simon Bell about what systems means to her and her work on green spaces.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Dr Matt Balme on modelling the landscape of Mars
In this three minute video, Dr Matt Balme in The Open University's Space Science research priority area, gives us a tour of his laboratory and shows how he models the landscape of Mars.
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Society, Politics & Law
Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Jake Chapman speaks with Prof. Simon Bell about what a systems approach means to him and touches on the subject of active listening.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Could you be a code breaker?
Test your problem-solving skills and try to crack our secret messages using clues.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System
What do we know about Jupiter's and Saturn's icy moons? Could there be life on them? This article explores what previous missions can tell us and what future missions hope to find out.
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Nature & Environment
Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Arwen Bailey speaks with Prof. Simon Bell about systems in agricultural research.
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Society, Politics & Law
STiP@50 Celebrations
STiP@50 celebrates fifty years of distance learning at The Open Univeristy along with Systems Thinking. Find out more about systems thinking in practice with these podcasts and videos.