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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...skills for decision-making, communicating, personal relationships, parenting and coping strategies. However, it is probably the case that most pupils continued to receive little school sex education, and that what they did receive was a rather brief and narrow education, in biology lessons, about puberty and human reproduction. It is clear that few pupils were given much...
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Article 10 mins
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...study in Criminology...Race, ethnicity and crime: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why the concept of criminalisation is valuable for understanding race–crime debates describe the problem of disproportionality in relation to the criminal justice system provide examples of some of the ways in which critical criminology has...
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary texts. You will learn about rhythm, alliteration, rhyme, poetic inversion, voice and line lengths and endings. You will examine poems that do not rhyme and learn how to compare and contrast poetry...Do you want to get more out of your reading of poetry? This free course, Approaching poetry, is designed to develop the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...of emergencies and disasters. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 3 study in Computing & IT...Integrated safety, health and environmental management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define risk in the most appropriate way, and appreciate the need to prioritise risks appreciate the costs of illness associated with workplace activities describe in ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...studying this course, you should be able to: explain and distinguish fact-finding, decision-making and reason-giving discuss the issue of bias in the common law explain stare decisis and differentiate between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta recognise that some legal rules are uncertain discuss whether judges make law...Judicial decision making: 1 Legal reasoning - The...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Cider with Rosie
History & The Arts

Cider with Rosie

...What happened next and walk with Laurie Lee The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the other books in the series. If you're inspired to try writing some fiction of your own, OpenLearn has plenty of courses, podcasts and advice to turn your ideas into reality. Take your interest further by finding out what it's like to study Creative Writing at the Open University....
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Article 5 mins
How do you become a digital artist?
History & The Arts

How do you become a digital artist?

...studies for his paintings on the computer. This soon led to purely digital works, intended to exist only on screen. His experimentation with computer animation has brought his art to life. But anyone can do it - here's how: We caught up with Duggie to find out how he feels about digital art, and what impact it has had on him as an artist. So for Duggie the digital medium...
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An introduction to the Social Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the Social Work Hub

...course such as Introducing social care and social work? Alternatively, you could look at an interactive such as The caring manager in health and social care. If you are interested in learning more about studying a qualification such as a degree or Certificate of Higher Education, you can find out more about the OU’s social work and social care programmes here....
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