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Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You'll learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology. These free courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....
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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, starting from January 22nd, 2023 (Chinese New Year's Day), and ending on February 9th, 2024. The sign of the rabbit is a symbol of longevity, mercy, elegance, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture. The rabbit is a tame and tender animal, and swift in...
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I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships

...Open University’s academics Andreas Vossler and Naomi Moller from the OU’s School of Psychology shows that relationship boundaries can be blurred online. This means that people in a relationship may be uncertain what online behaviours count as cheating. Their partners also may see things differently than they do. In addition to a lack of certainty about what online...
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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...Open University course AA100 The arts past and present... The Arts Past and Present: Ireland A short introduction to this album. Attitudes to architectural heritage How Ireland's built heritage is being rapidly reshaped. Rebuilding after the rebellion How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war....
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Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics
Languages

Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics

...Corpus Linguistics And from The Open University... You might like The Open University course Exploring English Grammar Try a free sample of English Grammar In Context on OpenLearn If you're a bit more advanced, consider the postgraduate course Language, literacy and learning in the contemporary world - there's an OpenLearn course sample on learning a second ......
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Guide to diagrams
Money & Business

Guide to diagrams

...Open University runs several courses and qualifications that include diagramming, the environment and systems thinking. You could try out the 12 hours of learning available in this free study unit on Systems Diagramming. At undergraduate level you could start with Engineering the future or Introducing environment. At postgraduate level, Environmental decision making: a...
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9/11: Reflections on political leadership
Society, Politics & Law

9/11: Reflections on political leadership

...course looking at similar political themes, try The Open University's DU301 A world of whose making?... Reflecting on 9/11 Richard Heffernon looks back at the tragedy of 9/11. The United States as a Superpower Is the US the world's only 'Superpower'? Richard Heffernan and Simon Bromley discuss this notion. The impact of 9/11 on the US's political leadership Richard...
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Exploring Philosophy
History & The Arts

Exploring Philosophy

...Open University argues that many of us today are faced with philosophical questions such as these as we live our lives in the twenty first century. In this collection we ask academics to discuss these questions in addition to other important philosophical issues and concepts such as the morality of abortions and the reconciling a world with evil and a good God. This...
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