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Health, Sports & Psychology
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
In this free course you will explore two aspects of strength and conditioning in sport and fitness: speed and power. Strength and conditioning is the physical preparation of athletes and in this course you will explore the physiology of speed before looking at training methods to develop speed. You will also look at power which is a concept ...
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Companies and financial accounting
This course introduces you to the legal characteristics of limited companies and how limited companies raise finance through ordinary shares and loan capital. It also introduces the interests of company stakeholders, and looks at three different perspectives on companies and their role in society. Finally, it introduces the formats of ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport
The athlete’s journey through sport can be characterised by several transitions and periods of change. This course is designed to help you understand that journey, whether in reference to a professional or recreational athlete, and the nature of support they may need at different times. The course also provides practical guidance, whether ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Why haven’t the often-extraordinary stories of Black sportspeople been woven into British sporting memory? What does this tell us about the relationship between ‘race’, racism and sport history? Dr Jim Lusted explores…
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Training for endurance in sport and fitness
In this free course you will explore an important aspect of strength and conditioning which refers to the physical preparation of athletes: endurance. You will look at the physiological factors that underpin endurance and assess how endurance can be developed relative to performance in a range of sports.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Could the current COVID-19 pandemic derail the Sustainable Development Goal 3 'health for all' targets after five years of progress? Dr Aravinda Meera Guntupalli explores...
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Make a changing world a better place
Educating the next generation of business talent with free online learning.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology
Explore our postgraduate modules in criminology and psychology, and their related FREE OpenLearn courses.
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Education & Development
Transition FC members: welcome to OpenLearn
Transition FC has partnered with The Open University in order to offer its members a wide range of free courses on a range of subjects, which you can check out below...
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Education & Development
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing
Do you have a professional or personal interest in the mental health issues affecting young children? Are you working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing, is designed to give insight into the factors that are contributing to our youngest citizens’ poor mental health; ...
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How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Some individuals generate an effective immune response to COVID-19. Why? Discover the immune response to viral infection in this explainer article...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Jonathan Edwards, a British triple jumper has held the world record for 25 years now, with a distance of 18.29m. What's the secret to his success? Our videos and article explores...