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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
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...economic and demographic characteristics of victims [Described image] Figure 8 Translation: reported crime is only a small fraction of actual crime: for example, one-quarter of property crime is reported and only one-fifth of violent offences show trends over time: for example, increases in property crime and the reporting of crime risk of being affected by crime: high...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 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
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
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...economic and social factors in the practice of medicine’, International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 7, No. 41...Challenging ideas in mental health: Acknowledgements - This free course is based on materials from the Open University course K272 Challenging ideas in mental health which is no longer available. It was updated in May 2021. The content acknowledged below...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 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