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Learning while caring
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning while caring

Without the right support carers can find it difficult to access learning while caring. In her interview with Tony Collins-Moore, Dr Nichola Kentzer explores how much can be achieved if the right help is available...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses.
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Questions in science
Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...more about each taster block you need to choose for yourself which science discipline you would like to study first. We hope you enjoy them all equally, but expect to be surprised, you may enjoy the one you expect to least the most, so do make sure you study all three! These free courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course S111 Questions in science....
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Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology

...courses...The Open University's module DD801 Principles of social and psychological inquiry is a key component in a number of postgraduate qualifications, including: Postgraduate Certificate in Social and Psychological Inquiry MA in Crime and Justice MSc in Forensic Psychological Studies MSc in Psychology MA/MSc Open At the end of the module, students are asked to choose...
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Leadership in Health and Social Care
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Leadership in Health and Social Care

...Open University course K313 Leadership and management in health and social care... Meet the leaders Leadership, are you worth it? From hospital ward to CEO’s office six leaders responsible for delivering vital health and social care services provide an insight into the challenges facing the public sector. Leaders or managers? What makes an effective leader, how do...
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Combating air pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Combating air pollution

...Open University course. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Air pollution Keeping watch on the invisible. The Clean Air Act banished smog from our cities in the 1950s, but today there are new types of air pollution . Pollution: shipping How do we measure pollution in the air and what vehicles have the...
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Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors
Science, Maths & Technology

Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

...mirror and how it works. Behind the mirror The technology that drives the mirror. Creating the prototype Creating the mirror's building blocks. From image to display How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror. Why milking and mirrors? Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course....
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Capacities for managing development
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Capacities for managing development

...Open University course TU870 Capacities for managing development... Capacities for managing development A short introduction to this album. Promoting forestry development in India How communities in Himachel Pradesh were empowered to take responsibility for the management of their natural resources. Planning for the forest's future How the communities within Himachel...
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FREE Mental Health Tips and Resources
Health, Sports & Psychology

FREE Mental Health Tips and Resources

...our own mental health and wellbeing, as well as those around us. Here are some FREE resources to do just that...Find out about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications Discover ways to alleviate stress and some of the symptoms of ill mental health with our interactives and articles written by our academic experts and have a look at our free courses....
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