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Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 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
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...resources to support people. The need for education, training, child care and employment highlights the fact that many service users are disadvantaged in several ways. Croft and Beresford (2002) point to the connections between social disadvantage and personal distress and to the need for policies, agencies and workers to tackle both. These issues are relevant to the next...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 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
OU Research Hub
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OU Research Hub

Explore the research and publications of Open University students and faculty with our hub.
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Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Beginning the process: Introduction - The second part of this OpenLearn course looks shorter than the first but it introduces a series of tasks that will be more time-consuming. In Session 1, you gained some understanding of the PhD study experience, you...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...resource is part of the ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection’ collated by The Open University in Wales. You can find out more and discover other courses, articles and interactives on the collection homepage...Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings: References - Auty, K.M., Cope, A. and Liebling, A. (2015) ‘A systematic review of meta-analysis of yoga...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...educational resources on the internet. These resources are available for use by children, parents and teachers as well as librarians and those involved in adult education. Click on the 'view document' link below to read Phil Revell's 'Miniature Computers Are Adding Up To Fun' View document Answer The PDA has a digital camera for images, a voice recorder for sound, a touch...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs