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Education & Development
Department for Work & Pensions
The Department for Work & Pensions has partnered with the Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Can we be categorised by our DNA?
“Race is just a social construct!” You may have heard experts say this, but what does the science say? Can our DNA group us the way many imagine?
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Education & Development
OpenLearn and schools
Most of our resources are suitable for young people and they can all be used for free in schools.
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Languages
Describing language
This course introduces you to the basics of describing language. Using examples from English, you’ll learn how words are built, how they fit together to make sentences, and what labels like noun, verb and adjective mean. You’ll see how language patterns in regular ways and how the meaning of a sentence is more than the sum of its parts. This ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Are later born children more competitive in sport than their elder siblings? Jessica finds out.
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Society, Politics & Law
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Lurraine Jones draws on the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Mark Duggan, the stereotype of the angry black woman and asks whether a more ethnically diverse police force would distil racism in the police force.
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Money & Business
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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Science, Maths & Technology
What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Inka Maskiewicz, a Year 11 student, interviews scientists at AstrobiologyOU and the School of Physical Sciences at The Open University. These videos explain what they research and do at the university...
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії
Від корисних курсів до статей про психічне здоров’я та благополуччя – ось кілька безкоштовних онлайн-ресурсів Open University.
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
From free courses in the English language to articles on mental health and wellbeing, here are some free online resources from The Open University.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Check out these FREE resources collated by the Black student and Mental Health declarations working group set up as part of The Open University’s Access and Participation Plan.
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Education & Development
Black History Month 2021 talks
Explore the recorded presentations from The Open University's Black History Month event in October 2021.