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Looking globally: the future of education
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...for education. You'll then look to the future to think about what educationalists can do to fit the young people they work with to meet the challenges of the future. This course is designed for those with an interest in education or experience as an educator. It will also form part of a new Open University Masters module to be launched in 2018. Start studying now....
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Euro 2022 Championships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 2022 Championships

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. Euro 2022 Read our football content on the women's game, offering an insight into the challenges faced by females playing the beautiful game. Fanatical about sport? Try one of our free courses Women in sport Discover a series of articles on women in sport, such as the challenges faced when returning to...
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Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials

...Open University courses. Systems thinking practitioners at the OU have supported and developed the use of a range of diagramming techniques as the principal tools through which visual modelling and communication can happen. The following diagramming techniques each have videos providing animated tutorials – one video describing What the technique is and at least one...
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Dying Matters Awareness Week
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying Matters Awareness Week

...more on our research page. During this year's Dying Matters Awareness Week (8th-14th May 2022), we have curated a collection of free learning content from OpenLearn to open up the subject that many people still find difficult to talk about. This year, we're continuing our reources on being #InAGoodPlace when you die. Take a look at the FREE resources below... Transcript...
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Why do Christmas crackers go bang?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do Christmas crackers go bang?

...Open University's Chemistry Department explains why they go bang in this article...Here's one to share during this year's Christmas dinner... The bright wrapping of the Christmas cracker contains a cardboard tube. Attached to the side of the tube inside the cracker is a strip of paper. This paper has been treated with a tiny amount of gunpowder – an explosive mixture of...
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Wimbledon - The Championships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wimbledon - The Championships

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. The Wimbledon Championships Read our tennis content, offering an insight into what it's like competing at the highest level in sport. Game-changing FREE courses We've put together some of our top FREE courses - perfect if you're a budding athlete, a coach or mentor, psychologist, or if you just want to find...
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Improve your everyday maths for free
Science, Maths & Technology

Improve your everyday maths for free

...Open University has teamed up with charity National Numeracy to enable everyone to boost their confidence with numbers using the National Numeracy Challenge...[National Numeracy Challenge logo] National Numeracy is an independent charity working to improve numeracy across the UK. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free website to help you check and improve the maths you...
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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team. The reason why I really like YXM130 is the flexibility, allowing you to study what interests you from a wide range of subject areas. I have always been a keen environmentalist and been fortunate to support and work alongside the OU academics who author the Environment curriculum. In the current climate emergency, I have selected...
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