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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Demystifying the menstrual cycle: Introduction - If men had periods menstruation would become an inevitable boast-worthy, masculine event: men would brag about how long and how much. (Gloria Steinem, 1978) At the start of this session you will hear from...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Patrick Andrews on academic talk
Education & Development

Patrick Andrews on academic talk

The Open University's Patrick Andrews gives you tips on academic talk in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'.
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Video 10 mins
Tim Coughlan on projects
Education & Development

Tim Coughlan on projects

The Open University's Tim Coughlan explains the benefits of doing a project in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Video 10 mins
The Black History Month Talks
Education & Development

The Black History Month Talks

Explore the recorded presentations from The Open University's BME network's Black History Month event in October 2020.
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Video 3 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...Open University course M140 Introducing statistics...Prices, location and spread: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: find the mean and median of a batch of data find the weighted mean of two or more numbers find the lower and upper quartiles, interquartile range and five-figure summary of a batch of data calculate a simple chained price...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Vernon On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Educational Management with the OU so she knows what it’s like to be an OU student! Mo is a long-standing Associate Lecturer at the OU and has been involved in systems thinking for many years, not just as an AL but also as a residential school tutor and Course Director and through consultancy work across a range of large and small organisations in the Public and Private...
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Audio 15 mins
Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...opened at 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008. Number four is not a good number in Chinese culture. In many hotels you won’t even find a fourth floor and that is because the pronunciation of number four sounds like the word for to die or death. Sì. Sǐ. So you can imagine, car licence plates with number eight are very popular and they demand a very high price....
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Video 5 mins
Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...Open University Course L204 Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish... History of the Incas General introduction to the history of the Inca people and their influence, which extended through an enormous area of Latin America. Inca architecture Description of the particularities of Inca architecture and methods of construction, which have withstood earthquakes over the...
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Video 26 mins