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Social housing and working class heritage
History & The Arts

Social housing and working class heritage

...Course AD281 Understanding global heritage... Social housing and working class heritage An introduction to this album. Social housing: winners and losers Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters' estate? Social housing: fighting for survival Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and...
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Make your learning count towards an Open University qualification
Education & Development

Make your learning count towards an Open University qualification

...courses have been proven to increase confidence and develop the skills needed to enter higher education and succeed with learning. A 30-credit OU level 1 course, Making your learning count will build on the learning that you may have already gained via OpenLearn, or other open educational resources (OER). The module Making your learning count can be counted towards one of...
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The Environment
Education & Development

The Environment

...courses I’m a Tutor Support Manager and I really like the multidisciplinary opportunities that the module offers. If I was to study this module, I would be interested in studying courses about the environment, because it is a challenging subject which can be seen from a number of different points of view and it’s such an important issue. Most of the courses I would...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
Get Started

Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...course Being an OU Student is hosted on OpenLearn. If you are new to the OU, or returning after a break, this is a great place to start! The course covers the basics of studying with the OU, planning for successful study, digital systems and tools you will use, where to get help and support, and even how to sign up for student discounts. If you are studing one of the...
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Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Politics

...course team member Andy Dobson explains why these topics were chosen for this course, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. The material forms part of the course DD203 Politics... Politics A short introduction to this album. GM: The UK debate An introduction to the UK government's handling of the GM debate and a look at the economic review carried out as part of the...
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Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...course in the University’s Diploma in Spanish. It extends the language skills developed in previous intermediate and introductory courses and includes a compulsory residential school in Spain. The themes of the course range from talking about the past to urbanism. The course is lively and varied, with a wide range of authentic mixed-media material from Spain and Latin...
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Questions in science
Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...courses are for you. There are three short taster courses in the disciplines of chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science and ethics in science for you to study. It does not matter which order you study the different taster courses in. This suite of courses consists of 3 different blocks of study, each of which should take you about 3 hours. The blocks have been...
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How international is management education?
Money & Business

How international is management education?

...course perceived various features of the course-learning design and whether international perspectives were built into their learning experiences. The focus of the study was on cross-cultural differences across groups of learners in the United Kingdom, in other European countries, and in Russia and studying the course in different languages. Using a mixed-method approach,...
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