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Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...change when you retire. Are you planning to move to a smaller house or a cheaper area? Maybe your mortgage will be paid off? Or you won’t need two cars, or to pay for travel to work? Maybe you won’t need a car at all, and you will get free or cheaper travel due to your age? Will you be spending more on leisure such as hobbies and holidays? Maybe you have work...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...change explain how coaches describe an effective coach developer consider how the expertise of a coach developer can be articulated. 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 start-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...changes brought about by computing and information technology (IT) will affect every one of us. In this course we talk about digital technologies in relation to computing and IT. A fundamental idea is that a digital technology is any technology based on representing data as sequences of numbers. Computers use digital technologies so, in this course, the term ‘digital...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...change and uncertainty (Mental Health Foundation, 2020). In the opening audio you heard a parent describe some of the difficulties that her child experienced leading up to a diagnosis of OCD and the value of treatment in providing much needed support. Of course, individual experiences will differ and will reflect the mental health challenges that a young person is facing....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...change their physical state from liquid into a solid. It's straightforward and I'm sure you can guess at least some of the results in advance. But as you will see, the implications of two of the results are amazing. In fact, it's not an exaggeration to say to the experiment reveals that the physical properties of one of the liquids you will freeze are fundamental to life...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Changing the date format...Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: 1.5 Using shortcut keys in Excel - One useful task in Excel is to learn to use shortcut keys. This will speed up your Excel projects, especially when working under pressure in a professional environment. Some shortcut keys are listed below. Try some of these out while reading the list. Table 1 Navigating...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how misrepresentation can easily occur...This free course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...changing social and political climate during the 1950s also led to a move away from asylum-based mental health care. An open-door movement developed with the aim of unlocking the doors and literally opening up the institutions. It was partly triggered by the Second World War experiences of dealing with traumatised refugees and armed forces personnel. The closure of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs