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Health, Sports & Psychology
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Are you involved in caring for or educating babies and young children either as a practitioner in the workforce or as a parent/carer? In this free course, Supporting physical development in early childhood, you will learn how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how it improves child mental and physical health development....
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Education & Development
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Hair discrimination is an issue that affects Black women’s experiences at work, in education and in society in general. Lurraine Jones looks at the politicisation of Black hair and microaggressions experienced by Black women.
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History & The Arts
Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
Can Jediism be classed as a religion, or is it merely a cultural fad? Check out our article then watch a short video on its characteristics.
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Education & Development
Take the next step with an Open University short course
Are you ready to supercharge your learning? Whether you’ve taken one or two OpenLearn courses or delved into many more, you may be thinking about the next step in your learning journey. Whatever your starting point or background, our range of short courses and microcredentials can help you level up your skills, propel your career and explore ...
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History & The Arts
Hanukkah: a festival of light
What's Hanukkah all about? And how do Jewish people celebrate it?
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Education & Development
How to quickly sharpen up your study skills
OpenLearn has a host of short content to help you improve your study skills and learn useful knowledge and information. Take a look at our selected animations, interactives, videos and articles to take your learning further.
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Education & Development
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Defined by the International Literary Association (ILA, 2018) as the opportunity to read freely, voluntarily, and with delight, reading for pleasure does not include response sheets or tests – it is choice-led reading primarily for enjoyment.
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Education & Development
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
To help students who lack motivation to read, argues Teresa Cremin, teachers need to aim to make the experience of reading for pleasure ‘authentic, real, and personally and socially relevant to each young reader’.
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Education & Development
Charting new reading research directions
The literacy researcher exploring the hidden senses involved in children’s reading, Natalia Kucirkova, is reconceptualising reading as a full-body experience. This interview explains more...
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Money & Business
Managing my investments
Gain the skills to manage your investments: analyse portfolio risk and plan your pension, with this free online course.
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Education & Development
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
An introductory level free course on conducting a basic qualitative interview. The course covers preparing for interviews, setting up an interview, familiarisation with research tools and obtaining informed consent. It then covers tips and suggestions for conducting the interview before moving on to after the interview and recording fieldnotes.
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History & The Arts
What is Diwali?
Diwali is a festival of lights and celebrates the triumph of light over darkness – but where does this stem from? Suzanne Newcombe looks at the religious festival’s origins in this article.