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Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...Resources for teachers There are discussion questions and a classroom activity suggested at the end of this course...Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: clearly explain an understanding of how culture and religion are related provide further examples of cultural activities rooted in...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...human societies I think most of the time it is the idea that certain things are out of place are polluting, are dangerous, cause you trouble, they make you ill, may lower your status. And what those things are can vary tremendously from one society to another but there is one constant in most human societies - we all have a lot of symbolic thought associated with the body...
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Article 30 mins
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...humanities and social sciences definitive answers are difficult to come by. What politics is and equally, who does it, and where it is done are hotly debated and highly contested. This OpenLearn course will introduce you to some of these debates, and their implications for the study and practice of politics...This free course, What is politics?, introduces you to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...human life and illness and on the costs of environmental harm. Certainly the area of environmental economics is a developing one but it will not be considered further here. The first detailed study of the cost of accidents was made in 1931 by Heinrich (see Heinrich, 1990). By examining many thousands of insurance records and interviewing many staff he derived a...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...resources...​...Find out more about The Open University's Open Degree qualifications. ABOUT OPENLEARN OpenLearn was born in 2006, the same year Bernard Matthews discontinued Turkey Twizzlers (thanks for that, Jamie Oliver) and Pluto got declassed as a planet. We’ve had more than 85 million visitors to OpenLearn since 2006. That’s more than the population of Italy,...
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Article 5 mins
53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...resources...​...ABOUT OPENLEARN OpenLearn was born in 2006, the same year Bernard Matthews discontinued Turkey Twizzlers (thanks for that, Jamie Oliver) and Pluto got declassed as a planet. We’ve had more than 100 million visitors to OpenLearn since 2006. Our borders are open - anyone from any country is welcome (however, if you want to create an account you must be...
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Article 20 mins
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...humanity to listen and want to listen, because when commissioners commission things, they look at past performance and if people don’t watch the stuff, then why are we making it? And you could argue for someone like the BBC, whose meant to be reaching, quite literally, as many people as possible, something for everyone, because we’re essentially all paying a tax for...
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Video 40 mins
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: The meaning and value of leadership: Introduction - Leadership holds a special place in people’s imaginations. When people speak about leadership, they’re thinking about the big picture: trying to sort out major problems and provide a vision that will...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs