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Turn your bank holiday into a badged holiday
Miscellaneous

Turn your bank holiday into a badged holiday

...free online badged courses, you can start learning a new skill this bank holiday weekend. From cyber security and nutrition to forensic psychology and leadership, our courses help you build knowledge that you can share on your OpenLearn profile or social media. 100% free online learning Earn a digital badge you can show off Flexible study in your own time So instead of...
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Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...course of the pandemic we recognised that the risk of dying because of COVID-19 is twice as high for obese people than people with healthy BMI. The question we should be asking is: whose job really is to inform the public about this terribly important finding, if not ours, the researchers’? Also, what role should our institutions (Universities or otherwise) should be...
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Digital & Computing

Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...free courses. Find out more about Computing and IT qualifications at The Open University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn. Learn More about Business and Management Adaptive skills are crucial to any organisation and education in business will help you navigate the competitive global economy. These free online courses will help your business and management...
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Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...language courses (A1 and A2 in the European Framework of Reference) at the university. I was teaching the second of these courses and noticed that Kifibin was the most active student in the group, and he attended every lesson, that is, three times a week. He dreamt of becoming a university teacher and researcher. After finishing his programme, he tried to go on to...
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Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...Helpful links: World Health Organization GOV.UK NHS Coronavirus: What about mental health? These are times of uncertainty and the relentless bad news, activity on social media, and misinformation being spread can cause anxiety. These free resources can help you if you're feeling like your mental health is taking a turn for the worse. Free courses on infectious disease...
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Article 10 mins
Skills to succeed in the workplace
Education & Development

Skills to succeed in the workplace

...free training courses to enhance your career prospects and opportunities...Football clubs across Scotland play a pivotal role in supporting their local communities. The Open University in Scotland is working in partnership with the following organisations to support the work they're doing to improve employment outcomes for young people in their local communities: Rangers...
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...language skills and knowledge of Spanish-speaking societies. The course has seven themes that give a broad introduction to different aspects of Spanish-speaking countries. These are: cultural diversity, art, society, languages in contact, science and technology, trade and employment and the environment. The course includes face-to-face or teleconference tutorials. This...
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Motive: Upper Intermediate German
Languages

Motive: Upper Intermediate German

...course extends language skills and cultural knowledge. By working with authentic material from German-speaking countries, you will learn how to communicate in a wide range of situations: expressing opinions; reporting other people’s comments; explaining processes and trends; electronic communications; structured notes and texts. Cultural themes explored include changing...
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Video 10 mins