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Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...sources can be used to calculate this (if you use any of the online calculators open them in a new tab or window so that you can easily return to the course): The gov.uk calculator The calculator provided by the consumer magazine Which? The tax calculation guidance provided in the following document: Income Tax 2024/25 Before you start, make sure you have your gross...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...Open University's Open Degree qualifications. 1: Eye witness identifications have led to 77% of wrongful convictions [Photograph, black and white. Five Caucasian men in a police line-up.] Many of us might think we would make a reliable witness and be able to identify a criminal if asked by the police, but chances are we wouldn't as our memory for unfamiliar faces is very...
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Article 5 mins
Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...open the site to the public. This occurred in 1984, and initially Aberdulais Falls received about 2000–3000 visitors per year. The site was attractively landscaped and artists could again make use of the site in an aesthetically pleasing environment. However, it would have given little impression of the noise, smell and physically demanding labour of a tinplate...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications....Why not ‘World Religions’?: Introduction - You’ve probably heard the term ‘World Religions’. You may have come across it in documentaries, newspapers or textbooks. Perhaps you’ve even done a course at school or university called ‘Introduction to World Religions’, or something similar. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...sources of support, financially and emotionally, and how reliable are these supports? What are their main ambitions in life, and what are the main obstacles standing in their way? Discussion As Reid and Fielding suggest, ‘Identifying the individual needs of a young person may involve formal or informal processes’ (2013, p. 90). In considering what evidence you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...Open University course K119 Wellbeing across the lifecourse....Child mental health: is it in crisis?: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Child mental health: is it in crisis?. There is much discussion about the issue of children and young people’s mental health problems in the media in the United Kingdom, and we often hear this issue referred to as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...sources. In doing so, it assesses the achievements, shortcomings and revolutionary qualities of the civil rights movement...In this free course, The American Civil Rights Movement, you will learn about the mass movement for racial equality in the United States that reached its zenith during the 1950s and 1960s. During this turbulent period in United States history, black...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...Source: Wikimedia Commons When you think of the Gothic you might think of vampires, ruined castles, graveyards, spectres and haunted heroines. You probably do not automatically think of Ireland, but in fact, the Gothic—a cultural form that includes novels, films, art and even computer games—owes a great deal to Irish writers for more than 250 years ago. This course...
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Article 45 mins