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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...introduction to online learning, including the following: Everyday computer skills: developed in partnership with LEAD to equip people with the skills and knowledge they need to get started in a digital world. Essential skills for online learning: this resource, developed by The University of Manchester Library, will help you to develop skills to get the most out of being...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...introduction to OpenLearn is a great place to start, as well as our study skills section. If you are studying one of the university's open programme degrees, such as BA/BSc (Hons) Open, then you can also get more help and support in the OpenLearn course, Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits. If you are a postgraduate student then Succeeding in postgraduate...
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Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...managing money. We also offer courses in improving a learner’s basic maths and English and advice in writing CV’s and attending interviews to help Kickstart employees into sustainable employment should they progress permanently into an organisation from their existing Kickstart placement or need support for their next job or learning opportunity. [Lady working by a...
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Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Introduction - Your course might not include any maths or technical content but, at some point during your course, it's likely that you'll come across information represented in charts, graphs and tables. You'll be expected to know how to interpret this information. This course will help you to develop the skills you need to do this. This course can be used in conjunction...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What do genes do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do genes do?

...Introduction - This course explores how information contained in DNA is used, explaining the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein. Also introduced are the concepts of transcription (as occurs between DNA and RNA) and translation. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Science...What do genes do?: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...Introduction - What value does art have in the school curriculum? This unit, primarily aimed at colleagues teaching art in schools, explores the justification for including art in the school curriculum together with some of the current criticisms commonly heard. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Why teach art?:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Can you train for penalty shoot-outs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can you train for penalty shoot-outs?

...managed to score (that was Owen Hargreaves, who had been born in Canada and grew up in Germany). In the picture, around 15 players stand on the edge of the penalty-area, each player with a ball at his feet. They are waiting for an opportunity to step forward and dribble the ball to the spot to take a penalty. Where is the purpose in that? In the match environment, the...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...managing in the process to misspell the word “heal”. He then quickly deleted the tweet, resent it with the same mistake, deleted the second attempt, until finally getting it right the third time around. The response across social media was predictably caustic. As one tweeter put it: “If you don’t know the difference between #heel and heal, you shouldn’t have the...
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