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Education & Development
Free digital and numeracy courses to build your skills
The Department for Education 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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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coping in isolation: Time to Think
In 2020, as millions worldwide face prolonged periods of social isolation, what can you learn about coping from Open University graduates who studied while imprisoned in the Maze and Long Kesh prison during the years of conflict in and about Northern Ireland? In this free course, David and Michael, two Open University graduates, reflect on the current COVID-19 lockdown and their study experiences while imprisoned in the 1970s and 1980s, and offer ways to adjust to the current pressures facing people across the globe.
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Money & Business
MSE’s Academy of Money
The Open University has joined forces with MoneySavingExpert (MSE) to produce this new free course to give you the skills and knowledge to master your finances. Packed with videos, audios, quizzes and activities the course covers all the key aspects of personal finance in six sessions of study that each take around two hours to complete.
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Springwatch 2020
In a spring like no other, we’ll be bringing you inspiring stories from the natural world.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). We've pulled together some content on the virus and how to cope in these unprecedented times.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
FREE Mental Health Tips and Resources
Self-isolating and the constant bad news and panic around coronavirus is unsettling and can have implications on our mental health. Here are some FREE resources to improve your wellbeing.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are you a super recogniser?
Police super-recognisers have an above average ability to recognise faces and have indentified a large number of criminals via CCTV footage. Do you possess the skill? Try our quiz to find out.
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