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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...courses related to sustainability to explain both what is happening to the environment and also look at what we can do as individuals to make a difference, limiting our dependency and impact on the Earth’s resources. I have selected the following OpenLearn courses. [Banner for Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130) ] Click on the banner above to...
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How OpenLearn Helped Our Students Succeed
Education & Development

How OpenLearn Helped Our Students Succeed

...Lesley Way Lisa Lister Explore More with OpenLearn OpenLearn offers over 900 free courses to help you build your skills, explore your interests and prepare for further study at The Open University. Whether you're looking to boost your confidence or take the next step in your education, there's a pathway waiting for you. Discover all our free courses on OpenLearn....
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National Novel Writing Month
History & The Arts

National Novel Writing Month

...courses. Join writers all over the world as they write 50k words in a month as part of National Novel Writing Month. Here are our top tips and tricks to get a head start. 1. Just do it The best way to combat any procrastination is to just do it. No excuses, no tomorrows and no negotiations, as the perfect time, will never come. Start by recording any ideas or thoughts you...
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Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...course K101 An introduction to health and social care... Living with Disability A short introduction to this album. Living with MS: Veronica's story A day in the life of Veronica Sinclair and her husband. They talk about how Veronica;s progressive MS has affected them, and how an assited living grant has changed their lives. An introduction to health and social care...
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Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...courses or perhaps just one or two. However much you’ve done so far, your experience on OpenLearn means you already know what it is like to study online and at a distance...Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications [Screenshot from animation - Why Access modules are a great place to start ] As you think about where your learning will take you...
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Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...course team members Liz McFall and Sophie Watson put the ideas covered in the album into their academic context. This material is taken from The Open University course DD308 Making social worlds... Making social worlds A short introduction to this album. South African passbooks Obligatory passbooks governed life in South Africa under Apartheid. Classifying races How races...
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Try something popular

...courses – it can be hard to know where to begin. That’s where our Top 10s come in. These lists give you a real-time snapshot of what’s most popular right now on OpenLearn. Think of them as your shortcut to the hottest topics and most in-demand courses, chosen not by us but by the learners already exploring them. Whether you want to dip into a bite-sized activity or...
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We invented the weekend!
Money & Business

We invented the weekend!

...courses A free festival celebrating the invention of the weekendUp until the 19th century, everyone in the UK worked a six day week. Then in 1843, in Greater Manchester, workers’ rights activists launched a campaign to finish early on Saturdays. They won, and in doing so, invented the weekend – a gift to workers the world over! We’re marking this enormous...
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