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What this hub is about
Education & Development

What this hub is about

...projects in the pipeline! Who is it for? [This is a map of the world containing diverse people] The short answer: everyone. The long answer: Utilising the experience of staff within this institution, the hub will not only work as showcase for academic research and some of the university's high-quality teaching in this area, but also provide a necessary and important...
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Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Introduction - In this free course, Work and mental health, you will explore how employment affects mental health and consider the way in which people can be supported back to work. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Work and mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...Aston University’s Innovation Voucher Scheme. The challenges facing Mike Clarke, Managing Director of IT firm, Aura Q during the recession are considered, and we discuss small business confidence with Mike Ashton, Chief Executive of Hereford... Enterprising Times How are Britain's small business entrepreneurs leading the country out of the recession? Research by The Open University Business School suggests that innovative ......
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Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...Management Masters pathways....Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through: Introduction - This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the ways in which you can develop your practices alongside others. It will provide you with a better understanding of competing values within the school system and how to identify and build upon...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...manage. In the second of a two-part series, Professor Andrew Blowers talks with Dr Petr Jehlička about the short and long-term future of the nuclear industry, and how different countries’ economic conditions have shaped their political responses to nuclear hazards. Transcript Petr Jehlička: Hello and welcome back. I am Petr Jehlička from the Department of Geography...
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Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...Introduction - In this course you will explore participation in extreme sports and be introduced to the multidisciplinary approach to examining topics. There are many examples of activities that are considered extreme owing to their high-risk nature, such as parkour, base jumping and freestyle skiing. In this course you will focus predominantly on extreme endurance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...manager of mental health services, it shocks me how little I was ever taught about this process, experienced by everyone with female sex organs. Now I am making up for lost time educating and agitating. While positive for some, this transition can also be accompanied by grief at the loss of years of life that might have been better. Arts, talking, nature, sound, and low...
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Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences
Education & Development

Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences

...managing your finances and living independently, as well as Student Finance and practical ways to juggle a job and your studies. Episode 5: Can I make the leap to higher academic study? Are you worried about the challenges of university study? What is higher education study actually like? In this episode we get to grips with academic life at university. We hear about real...
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