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Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. Completing this course and gaining the badge will count towards part of the first assessment of the Open University Masters module EE830 Educating the next generation. The Open University...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Introduction - [Described image] This course will explore the different perspectives of mental health and the way in which they are understood. As well as traditionally being related to biology, neurology and psychology, experiences of mental health are also linked to social factors such as housing, employment, poverty or isolation. In addition, other aspects of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...Introduction: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Getting started with French 1. [Described image] Figure 1 Bonjour ! This course offers you an excellent start to your French learning journey. Starting from the basics, simple greetings and saying your name, you’ll progress towards being able to start to understand conversations in French. Each week comprises...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...Introduction - With the announcement of the summer Olympics coming to London in 2012, fierce competition between football clubs in the domestic league, and developments in coaching and training throughout all areas of physical fitness, there has never been a better time to learn more about sport. Many of us take for granted what we know about sport, whether we participate...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: Beginners' Welsh

...introductions, numbers and days of the week. By the end of the course you will have gained confidence in communicating in Welsh, and you will be able to understand language used by speakers from different areas of Wales. You will develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh...This free course, Croeso: Beginners' Welsh, is taken...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?
Money & Business

Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?

...introduction of “instant espresso” coffee by Illy and Lavazza in the UK demonstrates. Autogrill, the leading Italian catering group, even runs licensed Starbucks outlets in its overseas airports concessions including in the US. Yet no coffee chain stores have ever been established in Italy. A different coffee culture Italian coffee culture is distinctive in many ways,...
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Article 5 mins
Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall

...introduction to a heated debate, in ‘Environmental Policy in an International Context: Book 1, Open University Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) (2013) ‘Summary for policy-makers’, in Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fifth Assessment Report in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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Article 5 mins
What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?

...introduction of skateboarding seems like a radical move for the Olympics and will hopefully engage a different audience to the traditional Olympic sports. There are two disciplines of skateboarding – Street and Park. Street skateboarding is held on a straight street-style course and includes stairs, handrails, benches, and walls. Athletes are judged based on originality...
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Article 10 mins