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Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...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 survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 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
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
Universities, empires and refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Universities, empires and refugees

...open to other ways of representing experience. This place of safety is what the contemporary university needs to be for refugee learners and academics. When we try to decolonise the university, maybe we should start by opening the door, so that those who have been excluded can make, and be, the change. The openness of The Open University could be the guide. Refugees could...
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Article 5 mins
57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two

...Open University's Open degree qualification. In the first part of her post Meg Barker welcomed Facebook's change which allows users to pick from more gender options than 'male' and 'female'. In this concluding part she points to some of the problems. [A cartoon pigeon contemplates a collection of gender filing pigeonholes] So what are the problems with Facebook's new ways...
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Article 5 mins
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...Open University course B858 Introduction to corporate finance...Estimating the cost of equity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: select and justify a suitable risk-free rate and equity risk premium for use in determining the expected return for a share evaluate the different approaches to identifying a suitable equity risk premium use...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs