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Badges come to OpenLearn
Using our free courses and want to show others what you've learned? We've got great news for you...
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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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Need inspiration? Start with what’s trending on OpenLearn: our Top 10s showcase the content learners are loving right now.
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
All the content in this collection has been selected by academics across The Open University, specifically for secondary school age students, and filtered by subjects that you will recognise from your curriculum.
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About us
Welcome to OpenLearn - the home of free learning from The Open University. Are you looking for a new topic to explore, or wanting to dig deeper into something you've already discovered? Whether it’s a 60-second animated video or a 24-hour course you are after, you will find it on OpenLearn for free.
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
Watch our animation, and find out more about how OpenLearn supports your OU studies.
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New to OpenLearn
We're always publishing lots of new open educational resources on OpenLearn. Take a look at some of our favourite new free courses, interactives and collections.
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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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Education & Development
Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth
Want to build on your undergraduate study or further develop your thinking as a postgraduate? Here you will find a number of OpenLearn courses to help with the skills needed for postgraduate online distance learning.
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
Since The Open University (OU) first began in 1969, we have made it our mission to open up education for all. Over fifty years on, we continue to widen access to education by providing a range of scholarships and bursaries that will forever change the lives of disabled veterans, carers and students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who may ...