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Health, Sports & Psychology
Investigating psychology
One of the keys to understanding psychology is to know about its history and core questions. This free course, Investigating psychology, allows you to explore psychology using an interactive resource. You can follow links to people, contexts, perspectives and methods to discover information, images and links from across psychology. The resource ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Autism quiz text
There are lots of myths out there about autism that are waiting to be busted. Below is the text version of the interactive quiz that tests if you know what's what.
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Digital & Computing
Hacking under your skin?
A Belgian research team have discovered a way to hack into medical implants.
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Science, Maths & Technology
IT: Information
In a world of 24-hour news and instant updates, this free course explores how information is gathered, stored and shared through technology. Learn about the evolution of IT in news reporting, compare different media sources, and develop a critical eye for trust and authenticity in the information you consume.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Find out more about The Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing and what the research focuses on.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How do natural disasters affect mental health?
Understanding why suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria could help us prepare for future natural disasters. Jane Palmer explains.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is ball tampering such a big deal for cricket?
Someone scuffs up a cricket ball a little - is that really so important? Well, yes - if you believe cricketers should stick to the rules.
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The language used during end of life care matters
The language we use to talk about end of life care matters because it conveys the values we attribute to life and death says lecturer at The Open University, Dr Erica Borgstrom.
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Science doesn't know how free divers do it
It's not a total mystery - but, explains Kevin Wong, there's still a lot about free diving that science can't quite explain.
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Languages
Language and creativity
This free course is an introduction to the relationship between language and creativity, to the roles that linguistic creativity plays in culture and society, and to the different approaches to its study.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why mothers post about their children on social media
Are social media posts expressions of love and care in the digital age?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification
Where can social psychology take you? Here four psychologists tell us about their career journey and other work options open to people studying social psychology.