No matter what career path you’re taking, what you want to achieve in your life, it’s safe to say that we all want to be successful in our chosen careers. Yet, this isn’t something that is guaranteed to happen. You really have to work for it. So if you want to ensure...
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Self-Management Techniques to Help You Move Forward With Your Career
When it comes to moving forward with your career, you have to exercise strict self-control and enforce productivity. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself putting everything off until tomorrow and never actually getting around to doing anything. Success requires hard work and dedication which can be exhausting (and alternatives may give you more instant...
Open University Masters: Entry 20
By David Wells, editor at Surviving the OU David looks at Open Educational Resources and MOOCs Week 9: OER reuse and sustainability Open Learning heavyweight Martin Weller introduced us to this week’s activities and OER in general. The study objectives, if met, would enable us to understand: the use of appropriate licences...
Here’s What You Need To Have To Get Ahead In Your Career
The working world is such a competitive place. If you’re not all that in-tune with your competitive nature and you just want to be able to do a good job, you can often worry that you’ll get left behind. But that’s not necessarily the case. Because between your education, knowledge, and experience,...
Does Further Education REALLY Further Your Life?
Getting a secure career for the rest of your life is a big deal. You want to be able to pay the bills and perhaps one day own your own home. Paying for that home means you need a stable career in an industry that makes sense for you: a secure one...
Open University Masters: Entry 19
By David Wells, editor at Surviving the OU David has got the TMA out of the way and focuses on H817 Block 2 Week 7: Introduction to openness in education This is our introduction to Block 2 which is entitled Open Education so it gives us a pretty clear indication of what we...
Open University Masters: Entry 18
By David Wells, editor at Surviving the OU David looks at emerging technologies and prepares for the first TMA Here we go then, another two weeks to get my teeth stuck in to…am I enjoying it so far? It’s OK I suppose. Struggling to find the time each week to be honest,...
Open University Masters: Entry 17
By David Wells, editor at Surviving the OU David is hitting the theory hard in his latest two weeks of H817 The most recent activities are detailed below. Week 3: Debates and theories in elearning This was a solid week where we began picking in to elearning theories and ended the week...
Be Up And In Not Down And Out As A Student
Student life is notoriously known for being difficult. Frugal budgets, Ramen noodles and more late nights and coffee than you’ve ever known make up the elements in the life of a new university student. Mature students often get the better deal when it comes to studying, as they’re already established in the...
Open University Masters: Entry 16
By David Wells, editor at Surviving the OU David is all ready for the second year of his MAODE course Welcome back everyone! Hope your Open University studies are going well or you are enjoying a well-earned break. Either way, no messing about, let’s get straight into it. I’ve started the second...
