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Health, Sports & Psychology
Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), who is most at risk, and how are UK professionals working to prevent it? This article and podcast explore the practice, its lifelong impact on women and girls, and the safeguarding responses needed across health, social care and education.
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Money & Business
Working in teams
This course will help you consider your experience of working in teams and the different roles you play in them. It will increase your confidence in marketing this key skill to employers as well improve your ability to perform well in teams you are currently part of.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
This course is designed to improve the knowledge and understanding for anyone working with neurodivergent athletes in sport and exercise settings or with an interest in coaching neurodiverse athletes. Within the sport and exercise sector this may include those in coaching roles, as well as fitness instructors, personal trainers and wider ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Dr Sharon Mallon explores what is meant by self-care before introducing you to some of the top inexpensive and time-effective ways that you can introduce self-care practices into your life.
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Education & Development
Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week 2025 runs from Monday 10th - Friday 15th November. As ever, OpenLearn is proud to support this event, so we've pulled together some of our FREE resources on the different types of bullying and manipulation to help support those in need, not just on these special days but all year round...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Everything you need to know about snowflakes
Did you know that no two snowflakes are alike? Professor Stephen Lewis reveals the fascinating science behind snow in this article.
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Education & Development
Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth
Explore CPD-accredited online courses endorsed by the CPD Standards Office (CPD-SO). Build your professional skills, earn verified CPD points and showcase your achievements to employers or professional networks.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Decades of research show that autism isn’t caused by parenting choices - yet myths that blame mothers continue to resurface. Donald Trump’s recent comments about paracetamol and pregnancy are just the latest example.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Between life and death: what Halloween reveals about our fear of the afterlife
From ancient Samhain rituals to the words of medium Doris Stokes, this article explores how Halloween reflects our enduring fascination with death, the afterlife, and what lies beyond the veil.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
This free course introduces the composition and functions of the human gut microbiome and explores how the gut microbiome interacts with different parts of the body. It explores how the gut microbiome can be altered by factors related to the human host (such as genetics, age, and the menopause) and through lifestyle factors (such as diet, ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Finding the Truth
What do you really know about crime? Try our interactive 'Finding the Truth' to dig way beyond the surface of forensic psychology, corporate crime and the prison system.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Apply the findings of our linguistic research to situations you, or someone you know, might find themselves in. Explore different advising strategies in three real-life scenarios in this interactive.