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Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences
Education & Development

Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences

...managing your finances and living independently, as well as Student Finance and practical ways to juggle a job and your studies. Episode 5: Can I make the leap to higher academic study? Are you worried about the challenges of university study? What is higher education study actually like? In this episode we get to grips with academic life at university. We hear about real...
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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...management for the requirement that DNPH is kept wet at all times. The issue of concern for DNPH is that the molecule has an inherent level of structural instability that puts it in the explosives risk category, indeed its storage is governed by the Explosives Regulations, the same regulations that are in place to cover fireworks, civil use explosives (demolition), and...
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Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...Introduction - Freely available online machine translation tools (OMT) such as Google Translate and DeepL have revolutionised the way we use, learn, and teach languages. They offer every internet user unprecedented, instant access to a multitude of languages and, through the languages, also to cultures. With the advent of advanced algorithms and neural networks, machine...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...Introduction - In this course you will explore participation in extreme sports and be introduced to the multidisciplinary approach to examining topics. There are many examples of activities that are considered extreme owing to their high-risk nature, such as parkour, base jumping and freestyle skiing. In this course you will focus predominantly on extreme endurance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Introduction - This short course is a taster of the Open University Level 2 module, Economics in Practice. It will introduce you to some of the practical ways that the theories, tools and techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long history but becoming increasingly important globally...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Group theory

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Group theory, is an extract from the Open University course M303 Further pure mathematics, a third level course that introduces important topics in the theory of pure mathematics including: number theory; the algebraic theory of rings and fields; and metric...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...introduction to our approach to Religious Studies as a subject area is here). But we also very much wanted our exploration of religion to be enjoyable, accessible, and relatable to our diverse student demographic. So many of our students are facing multiple challenges and demands on their attention while on their study journey. Many are working full-time – and some are...
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