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Education & Development
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
This free course was made in the summer of 2021 in the aftermath of street disturbances in working class areas of Northern Ireland. It was produced with young people from Belfast and local community activists, for young people aged 14+. The course aims to help young people think about what community means to them; to identify issues they are...
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Developing career resilience
Do you sometimes wish you were more resilient when faced with changes at work? Do you have career plans but feel unsure about progressing with them? If you do, then this free course, Developing career resilience, will help you to build your resilience and approach career-related change with greater confidence and motivation.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness
Do you support women’s performance in sport or fitness as a coach or parent? Are you a female athlete who wants to optimise your performance using recent research insights? If so, then this free course is for you. It addresses the problem of sports science research traditionally being male dominated and the assumption that if it works for men ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Developing resilience in sport
In this free course, Developing resilience in sport, you will explore how the concept of resilience can support athletes on their athletic development journey. You will examine how resilience can act as a buffer to protect against the challenges that might be faced by athletes and coaches. The protective qualities of resilience make it an ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
This free OpenLearn course is for psychology students and graduates who are interested in PhD study at some future point. Even if you have met PhD students and heard about their projects, it is likely that you have only a vague idea of what PhD study entails. This course is intended to give you more information.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
This free course uses the case studies of Liam, Chloe and Lola to explore childhood development and some of the biological and psychological conditions that can affect children and young people. You will focus on asthma, intellectual and development disorders, depression and anxiety, and eating disorders.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Herbal medicine
Caldar Bendle gives an overview of herbal medicine, its history and its role in medicine today.
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Science and the Psychics - Quiz
Test your knowledge on psychic powers
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Education & Development
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
This extract is from a course no longer in presentation at The Open University, and is online for archive purposes only. How do children come to develop strong attachments to people and objects, to the extent that being separated causes upset?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Am I In Control?
Do you believe that you control your life, or do you feel that it is controlled by other people and events? John Oates invites you to take our 'locus of control' test and find out
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Verbal fluency
John Oates explains verbal fluency. Have fun with our tests to measure how quickly you can think and talk.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Sarah Earle examines the developing degree of medical intervention in birth