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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...learning and you can display them on your social media profiles, for example, on LinkedIn or Facebook. The course is flexible and there’s no time limit for completion. This means you can study at your own pace and when it suits you best to do so. We recommend you try to engage with all of the sections, as this will enable you to receive a Statement of Participation that...
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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...learn more here about how the series provide a platform for collaboration between researchers, clinicians, practitioners and people in the community. The Ageing Well Public Talk Series started in 2019 as face-to-face gatherings with accompanying online material. During the COVID-19 pandemic we have produced several resources linking to keeping well under lockdown that...
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‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
History & The Arts

‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library

...learning, researching, expanding the story [Deeds Not Words - still from the drama] A still from the immersive drama on Endell Street Military Hospital As I say in the film, I came across Digital Drama’s projects on Endell Street online during my research. See the link to their Heritage Lottery Funded and award-winning film about the hospital. I dropped an enquiry to...
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Ten top tips for writing a novel
History & The Arts

Ten top tips for writing a novel

...Learn by doing. Studying creative writing is very useful – but don’t allow yourself to be a slave to someone else’s technique. There is no right or wrong way to write a novel, and you have yet to discover the method that works for you. This relates to your working methods and the way you use your time. You might be a plotter or a splurger, a night writer or a...
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The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...learning how to be an engineer - telecommunications that was my speciality. I mean this is something which I think is absolutely gorgeous still to this day. I mean you could put that on your mantelpiece couldn’t you? Benjamin Zephaniah You really see beauty in that? Chi Onwurah I do, I think its form is fantastic and look at those rivets. Benjamin Zephaniah Give me an...
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Create stunning images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Create stunning images of the Universe

...Learning how to use a telescope can be an extremely rewarding experience and having a look through one is an act everyone should have the opportunity to experience. But the fact remains that large well manufactured telescopes are expensive and essential to getting views of faint celestial objects. Another challenge can be the bane of modern society ‘light pollution’....
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...Learn more about what this year means and how to say some traditional New Year greetings to celebrate...The coming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on 29 January 2025, is ‘the Year of the Snake’ (蛇年 shé nián). It is sometimes poetically referred to as the ‘Year of the Small Dragon’ (小龙年xiǎo lóng nián) in Chinese culture. This nickname reflects the...
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Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
History & The Arts

Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast

Learn about the significance of live music as a unifying force between diverse communities in 1970s Belfast...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities qualifications. “In an Irish Tour, I always try and include Belfast and the north of Ireland. After all, I lived there for a while and I learned a lot playing in the clubs there, so I have a certain...
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