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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...course in whatever order suits you. And we’ve called the whole course an MOT because, like an MOT, it’s designed to be a regular check-up. One of the things we all learn as we reach our 40s and 50s is how quickly and unexpectedly life can change. Regular Midlife MOTs will help you power through all of those changes. Enrolling on the course will track your progress and...
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to recognise the writer's purposes and opinions in their writing...In this free course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
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Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...course, Multidisciplinary study: the values and benefits, explores the advantages of studying more than one subject and will help you to decide if multidisciplinary study is for you. Featuring videos with students on the Open University’s ‘Open’ qualifications, you will learn about the unique skills you can gain from studying a multi-subject qualification and how it...
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Money & Business

Risk management

...course particularly benefits all those engaged as risk managers, those seeking to develop their risk management capabilities and those, like board members, who have ultimate responsibility for risks within their organisations. Additionally all those with, or seeking, a career in management in any organisation will benefit from the understanding of risks and how to manage...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...course, Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role, is designed to give an insight into the demands, both physically and mentally, of the caring role and look at how taking part in physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing of carers. Given the demands of the caring role, the course also looks at possible ways to start...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...course, The science of nutrition and healthy eating, will help you to answer these questions. Transcript You'll look at the science behind nutrition, covering aspects of biology, chemistry and physics as well as gaining insight into healthier eating. Reading food labels, choosing healthier foods, hydrating appropriately and understanding how we taste food will allow you...
The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...courses and qualifications [Character of German General] Shortly after daybreak on 1 July 1916, around 100,000 troops of Sir Henry Rawlinson’s 5th Army left their trenches and advanced on the German trenches across no-man’s-land. Many, if not most, expected the 5-day artillery bombardment to have destroyed all but the hardiest of German defensive works and to have...
Auftakt: intermediate German
Languages

Auftakt: intermediate German

...German while learning about life and culture in Germany and Austria? The 20 tracks in this album are devised as a revision of some post-beginners structures and vocabulary as well as an introduction to different aspects of everyday life in German speaking countries. The tracks contain recordings of German and Austrian native speakers and have been taken from the...