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9/11: Attack on the Wires
Science, Maths & Technology

9/11: Attack on the Wires

...course of the day they handled in excess of 400 million calls as people in America, and all over the world tried to contact friends and family in New York. This collection gives a snapshot of how the communications company dealt with the unprecedented technological challenges by using techniques such as call gapping to help free up other services... The AT and T Network...
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...online courses and other resources to help you thrive in an ever-changing digital hybrid world...This toolkit offers holistic, human-centred approaches for organisations making the shift to sustainable hybrid working and digital futures. You’ll learn about a range of topics in the collection, including: Digital skills and leadership Digital transformation and building...
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Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. What you'll learn on the course The five-hour course is divided into nine short sessions and introduces the knowledge and skills that are essential for good financial decision making. After studying this course, you should be able to: Understand the basics of how an economy works. Discover the importance of financial...
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Get in touch
Education & Development

Get in touch

...courses to this hub. There are a number of ways you can use this hub, depending on if you are a home-educator, a home-educated young person, a practitioner, or a researcher. Using the topic areas, you can create your own development resource that you might wish to share with other home educators, learners or practitioners. It would be great to hear about your experience...
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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...courses: A Spiritual Revolution?: Wicca and religious change in the 1960s Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution The American Civil Rights Movement With a focus on the Sixties as experienced by the West, you’ll explore how the era has been presented as one of protest, change and crisis. You will explore the Sixties from the...
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Article 10 mins
Poetry prescription
History & The Arts

Poetry prescription

...Shoes' by Nedra under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence. 'Yoho Road' by James Wheeler under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence 'Bunratty Castle Jacobean Bed' by B y Fredi under CC-BY-2.0 licence. 'White Corset Closeup' by Photowitch | Dreamstime.com 'Snowscape Over Scottish Loch' by Bred2k8 | Dreamstime.com 'Haze Hills Landscape' by Andriy Markov | Dreamstime.com Study a free poetry course...
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What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...free resources – courses, articles, interactives and videos – that explore many themes within sport and fitness. The Open University has offered formal learning in sport and fitness since 2008 and has also offered free learning through OpenLearn during this time. OpenLearn content has been developed to provide taster materials for potential new students, as a means of...
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How women changed the world
History & The Arts

How women changed the world

...'Did you know?' clue related to the woman who revolutionised her part of the world. Follow the link 'www.open.edu' or image underneath the 'Did you know?' clue to find out the full story the history books left out. Alternatively you can view articles of the women's remarkable stories here. Like this? Try a free history course Take it further with an Open University degree...
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