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Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...become more abundant. Even though lymphocytes proliferate quickly it still takes several days before there are sufficient cells available to fight back against the infection. During this period the virus may also be spreading rapidly, so there is a race between the virus and the immune system that may determine the final outcome, in terms of recovery. In the early phase...
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Article 20 mins
Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...become internationally famous. Figure 1 Le foie gras du sud-ouest Activité 1 Task 1 Can you work out what the following French food items are? Drag the English words against the French terms they correspond to. vegetables les légumes ice cream la glace cheese le fromage red meat la viande rouge pineapple l’ananas sea food les fruits de mer white wine le vin blanc fish...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...students. But to do this exercise within the time suggested you will just need to grasp the key points. The important thing is that you think about the questions and about your reaction to them...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: 3 Discussion - To help you focus on the debate, here is a summary of some of the arguments. Remember that your task is to put the case for and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...become part of the background of our lives, until today it is extremely unusual to find someone who has neither a home telephone nor a mobile phone. Just as the telephone changed from a status symbol to become simply another piece of the modern world, so the computer is making a similar transition...Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century: 1.2 The computer -...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...OU academic: phrases are code which can help control the flow of information code language can make things unclear for some people to understand or follow euphemisms in death and dying might be perceived as being an easier way to talk about a difficult subject matter the use of code gives some indication of how taboo the subject is, or whether it’s a more open culture...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...students are asked to complete a number of activities that involve them observing and reflecting on young children’s experiences and talking to practitioners about issues raised in the module. They are asked to identify aspects that they find interesting as the basis of their assignment writing. While these activities aren’t named as such, the emphasis throughout the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger
History & The Arts

Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger

...pondering in my mind the deed of this messenger of good-will to man, this excellent Christian gentleman, and i felt ashamed of my religion. I felt ashamed of my politics, too. A few more such instances, said I, and I shall become a radical. At present, I feel equal to calling myself a LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE Brixton, Nov. 28 Originally published by the Daily News, 29-11-1868...
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Article 5 mins