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Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...course provides an introduction to adolescent mental health. The course is designed to encourage a greater understanding of mental health issues as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support young people...Research indicates that throughout the world, young people’s mental health and wellbeing is at risk. Indeed, media headlines warn of...
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...course introduces projects, what they are, how they come about, responses to problems and planning. It explores the role of key players including the project manager, feasibility studies, decision making and project life cycles...This free course, Project management: The start of the project journey, introduces projects, what they are, how they come about, responses to...
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...course, explores the different interpretations and viewpoints involved by using system thinking to provide a framework with which to better understand environmental management and organisations...It is believed that environmental management requires action at all levels and by organisations of all types and sizes. However it is not always clear what we mean by...
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...course will highlight why equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are key for the practice of Human Resource Management (HRM) today. This includes the promotion of the following dimensions in the workplace: fairness and equity, diversity and innovation, talent management, and legal compliance. Furthermore, this course will also show HR professionals how to embed EDI in...
Social psychology: sense-making in crises
Society, Politics & Law

Social psychology: sense-making in crises

...course provides an introduction to social psychology as second order sense-making. Social psychology’s task is, in turn, to make sense in a systematic way of such perceptual, affective and discursive acts which themselves aim at making sense of the subject, the other and the world. This course will be experiential, focusing on the concept of the frame as a tool of...
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...course explores different aspects of learning and teaching in primary education. It gives opportunities to engage with different types of activities that are designed to develop an understanding of learning and teaching in primary education...This free course explores different aspects of learning and teaching in primary education. It gives opportunities to engage with...
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...course, An introduction to floodplain meadows, explores how these traditional landscapes can deliver a range of nature-based solutions that will improve our environment. The course will help you to learn about this unique environment, increasing your ecological knowledge, developing your skills in critical reasoning, and offering you an opportunity to contribute to future...
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...course shows you how to navigate the night sky, and introduces the wide variety of objects it contains. You will develop a hands-on understanding of telescopic observations using the Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. Supported by your own measurements we illustrate how stars evolve, and study variable stars. For...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs