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National Storytelling Week
History & The Arts

National Storytelling Week

...Creative Writing qualifications. Once upon a time, there was a week dedicated to storytelling, it was called National Storytelling Week ... During this week, your quest is to delve through the wealth of content provided here on OpenLearn on all things to do with stories. Got an idea for a story? Start writing fiction Could your ability to tell stories give the Grimm...
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Poetry prescription
History & The Arts

Poetry prescription

...Creative Writing courses and qualifications. [The Open University logo.] [Poetry prescription interface with the text 'Poetry Prescription prescribes a poem to suit your mind. What's on your mind?' embedded in the image. ] Find a poem to suit your mood Acknowledgements ‘What if this road’ by Sheenagh Pugh, from Id’s Hospit (Seren, 1997) From ‘Drysalter’ by...
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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...Creative Writing for free. Open Futures – Creative Writing Scholarship...Start writing fiction: Introduction - This free course, Start writing fiction, looks at how characters might be drawn and how setting is established. It explores the different levels of characterisation, from flat to round, and how character and place interact. It also works on......
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Cider with Rosie
History & The Arts

Cider with Rosie

...What happened next and walk with Laurie Lee The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the other books in the series. If you're inspired to try writing some fiction of your own, OpenLearn has plenty of courses, podcasts and advice to turn your ideas into reality. Take your interest further by finding out what it's like to study Creative Writing at the Open University....
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The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...creative writing, innovation, and interpersonal skills, as I’m interested in how art or creativity is taught. Pushing the boundaries on creativity, how we can use it to solve key problems and help people to learn how to be creative. I would also consider studying the following course I found on Coursera. It does have a fee attached to it, but there is financial aid...
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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...creative writing workshops and singing workshops for those experiencing menopause. Often these also connected with nature (pictured above is Catherine sitting in a lavender field). I noticed that I might plan plenty in but then found in practice that people wanted calm, de-escalation and accessible activities that could help them find self-expression, comfort, and that...
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The history of Blaenau Gwent
History & The Arts

The history of Blaenau Gwent

...age mining from an unusual and moving perspective. Many of the images used serve to powerfully communicate what these animals endured. [BG REACH exhibition logo / Logo arddangosfa BG REACH] This page is part of the Blaenau Gwent REACH online exhibition. Film and audio | Creative writing | Visual art Digital stories | The history of Blaenau Gwent | About this project...
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David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...creative writing, computer literacy, community participation, photography, healthy eating and mindfulness. My favourite courses on OpenLearn have been Challenging ideas in mental health, Starting with psychology, Coping in isolation: Time to Think and An introduction to crime and criminology... all interesting topics that I wanted to learn more about.’ And that was one...
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