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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Researching other species can provide extremely useful insights into how human minds developed throughout evolutionary history...Does your pet cat or dog experience emotions the same way you do? Can non-human animals solve complex problems? To what extent do other species have minds that are like human minds? This free course, Living psychology: animal minds, explores...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The physical world: collisions
Science, Maths & Technology

The physical world: collisions

...Research, in Geneva. This cutting edge machine may detect the elusive Higgs boson, and with it reveal the origin of mass, the missing piece in our understanding of matter. If it succeeds, it will begin the next era of research into the nature of the universe. This material forms part of The Open University course S207 The physical world... The physical world: collisions...
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Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...Research by The Open University Business School suggests that innovative enterprises have performed best among Britain's five million small businesses throughout the economic downturn. Young entrepreneurs and students in the West Midlands are recorded attending their first ever business networking event. We also hear how business innovation is sprouting on the site of...
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Audio 18 mins
Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...research and development projects expect there to be a consortium of partner organisations, including universities on any bid proposal. I myself have been involved in such projects a number of times. One of the most recent projects I worked on, an international development project funded by UK Aid through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, was called...
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Article 5 mins
One minute methods - sampling
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - sampling

Like the babies in Laura Schultz’s experiments, discover why researchers take care over the generalisations they make. ...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...Research UK, The National Trust (England and Wales), Oxfam and the Save the Children Fund...Week 3: Structure and functions of the voluntary sector: 2.2 The workforce - [People arranged in circles.] Figure 4 Working in voluntary organisations In Week 7 you will find out more about the volunteering ‘workforce’ but here the focus is on the paid workforce. According to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...research evidence and media perceptions of recovery from sport and exercise, and reflect on future directions for the topic. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E314 Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise...Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...research expert in this area calls it ‘ordinary magic’. It is a quality and a process that can be enhanced and developed which is good news for social workers, who are typically required to manage change and complex, competing demands (Grant and Kinman, 2015, p. 5). In this free course, Supporting and developing resilience in social work , you investigate how you, as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs