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Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...economically viable because some people with mild or moderate learning disabilities did unpaid work when they lived there. Watching the video you can see that Gloria didn’t resent taking on this role of ‘carer’ – indeed she was very happy to care for Muriel in this way. But the film also shows that the relationship between them was not only about caring. Gloria...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...economic thickness that is worth using. For example, a domestic roof space in the UK might have 80 mm of existing insulation. Adding a further layer of 200 mm of glass wool will save heating energy, but it is likely to take between two and three years to recoup the energy used to make the insulation...Energy in buildings: 2.2.4 Conductivity and U-values – the basics -...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...economic success. Contemporary viewers, especially among the predominantly urban population, whose experience of the countryside derived primarily from travel and excursion, could have found in these images a powerful assertion of Dutch nationalism. However, the presence of divergent and sometimes conflicting allusions and associations is resistant to any attempt to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...Economics. Making the decision to study can be a big step and The Open University has over 40 years of experience supporting its students through their chosen learning paths. You can find out more about studying with us by visiting our online prospectus...Retirement planning made easy: Further guidance and helpful links - Your guide to retirement income Legal & General,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...economic circumstances. For the upper and middle classes, with substantial amounts of disposable income, a wide range of options were available. They could access information about how to protect their health through books and articles in magazines. Many of these books were written (or at least claimed to be written) by doctors and other health-care professionals. An...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...economic group; to be conscious of one's appearance is to be very aware of it; and so on. In the seventeenth century, however, philosophers and other writers began to use the word in a more specific sense, to refer to our inner awareness of our own mental states – our perceptions, sensations, feelings and thoughts. As the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704) put it,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Economic and Social Research Council ES/M008703/1 and The Open University, UK. This course is based on extensive ESRC funded research into social work writing (WiSP), undertaken by Professor Theresa Lillis (Principal Investigator), Dr Alison Twiner and Dr Maria Leedham and a web based resource for social care professionals designed by Professor Theresa Lillis and Dr Lucy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...economic status. And any one of us, if we had a sick spouse, a sick child, a bill collector chasing us down, get evicted, we are not responsive in the moment. So I’m not into, like, lecturing parents. There’s other ways to fix those problems, I think. [Text on screen: Have you had any particularly surprising results?] There’s been a number of surprises. One big...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs