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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...introduction to OpenLearn is a great place to start, as well as our study skills section. If you are studying one of the university's open programme degrees, such as BA/BSc (Hons) Open, then you can also get more help and support in the OpenLearn course, Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits. If you are a postgraduate student then Succeeding in postgraduate...
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Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...management and train driving (Kasprzak, 2013), as traditional patriarchal attitudes continued to be challenged, not least by women themselves who carried the fight to policymakers. Seeking a change in the law that would put an end to gender-based discrimination, the Sex Discrimination Act was eventually passed in 1975. References, Sources and Further Reading Hayward, V....
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...project explored exactly how much time social workers thought they spent and how much time they actually spent engaged in writing while at work. The image below shows that 40% of social workers said that they spent more than 70% of their time writing and 100% of social workers underestimated how much time they spent writing (Lillis et al., 2017). [An infographic table....
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...project to understand the entire remote carbon footprint of employees. Beyond the obvious carbon-accountability reasons for this, employers have an opportunity to better support their staff’s remote-working costs during the ongoing energy crisis while also helping proactively address a nascent mental health topic – eco-anxiety. Remote workers and eco-anxiety...
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Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...Introduction - This free course, Climate justice for the next generation, introduces you to a contemporary, emerging issue in Childhood and Youth Studies. You will examine some of the debates around environmental change, its specific impact on children and young people, and the role of children and young people as activists and campaigners within their changing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
What do genes do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do genes do?

...Introduction - This course explores how information contained in DNA is used, explaining the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein. Also introduced are the concepts of transcription (as occurs between DNA and RNA) and translation. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Science...What do genes do?: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...Introduction In recent decades there have been many events that seem to link religion and violence – for example, the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland in the later twentieth century, the 9/11 attacks of 2001, the activities of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and recurrent communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in India. It is also likely that the situations that...
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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...Introduction - Children and young people’s participation is a complex and contested area. The theme of ‘participation’ infers a sense of involvement, citizenship and agency. Here we look at the multidimensional nature of children’s participation and the many challenges that practitioners and children face. When thinking about these issues it will be important to...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs