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Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...Work & Pensions has partnered with the Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business...[Logo for the UK department for work and pensions] Through partnerships with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...social nature of being human, will introduce you to several of the social aspects of humanity and being human. Some of these are obvious, as, during the course, you will think about crowd behaviour and consider traditional dilemmas of being in crowds. Others will be less obvious, such as the seemingly intimate and private act of charitable giving to the homeless. Yet the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...work?...This content is associated with The Open University's Health Science courses and qualifications. What is FMRI? [Brain image produced by FMRI [Image: FMRIB Centre]] Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or FMRI, works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity – when a brain area is more active it consumes...
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Article 10 mins
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...social factors interact to cause wildfires and shows why these interactions need to be considered when preparing for future wildfires. Focusing on the 2007 wildfires in Greece, this course introduces students to the geographical concept of entanglement as a tool for exploring these interrelated factors. Using the ideas of the environmental historian Stephen Pyne, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Leadership in Health and Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leadership in Health and Social Care

...social care in the UK, are real people in real roles. By sharing their experiences through short videos, they help to bring alive the ideas studied in the course and help you to explore how they might play out in real-life situations. This material forms part of The Open University course K313 Leadership and management in health and social care... Meet the leaders...
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Video 32 mins
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...social climbers: 1 The anthropoids - As you work through this course you will come across boxes, like this one, which give you advice about the study skills that you will be developing as you progress through the course. To avoid breaking up the flow of the text, they will usually appear at the start or end of the sections. In this course you'll come across aspects of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Literacy and Social Justice Hub
Education & Development

Literacy and Social Justice Hub

Welcome! Delve through a range of resources to support you in widening your knowledge and understanding of literacy, language, literature and social justice.
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