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Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...working with young people on how to engage them in learning about religious diversity past and present through the creative process of making short, creative films (Docutubes). It is based on the RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace) project, which has worked extensively with schools and other organisations in various European countries to develop this unique approach...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...working poor.” For this reason, he concluded: … every rational proposal for the augmentation of them merits our regard. The number of the people is confessedly the national stock: the estate, which has no body to work it, is so far good for nothing; and the same rule extends to a whole country or nation. “There is not a single politician,” agreed the Spanish...
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Article 5 mins
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...worked well with the children. Sometimes it is necessary to adapt your own resources before uploading them, for example if you’ve got any children’s names on planning you would need to take away obviously nothing that can identify learners or the children. Sometimes it’ll be your own details on there if you’ve used an example but apart from that most of the time...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...workings of a simple economy shown in Figure 1. [Described image] Figure 1 The circular flow of income in a simple economy. In an economy, firms use labour performed by households to produce goods and services. This is a flow of resources from households to firms as shown by the green arrow in Figure 1. Economic resources are also transferred from households to firms as...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...work or not? The jury may still be out. If you conduct studies, for example, where the people who are assessing depression are not aware of whether the person is doing exercise or not, then those studies don't show as strong an effect. Dr Gaynor Parfitt - Exercise Psychologist, Exeter University: There's also been some dose response research that's shown that, if we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...work by looking at their internal functions (operations management, human relations, finance and marketing). You will also learn about the external environment for businesses and how the economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges...Introduction to operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...work for many conservation groups like the Wildlife Trusts, RSPB and WWF supplying images and footage of fish. Based in Nottingham, he now works all over the country particularly the Peak District and Urban Rivers. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Jack Perks and I’m an underwater and wildlife cameraman and photographer. How I got interested in the natural...
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Video 30 mins