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Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started

...courses, videos, interactive activities and articles on a key theme. Whether you're looking to build skills, spark ideas or support others, there's something here for you. When you're ready, just click into a hub to start discovering free content that fits your interests. We’ve picked out a selection of our most popular hubs to get you started: Elective Home Education...
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FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland

...course. ...Responsive and person-centred referral systems as well as clearly defined clinical pathways to well-coordinated services are crucial to meet the health and wellbeing needs of survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) across the life course (WHO, 2016). This article focuses contextually on Northern Ireland (NI) as a devolved UK region. Northern Ireland has...
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Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...free courses. Spend a few minutes thinking about what your brain does You could have come up with many different things. For example, the brain controls our movements and our basically bodily functions such as hunger and thirst. It also allows us to interact with the world around us by interpreting information collected by our sense organs and providing a means by which...
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David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...free courses” and OpenLearn came up as one of the top results, but when I looked at the site, what interested me the most was the wide range of courses available. I was really surprised at how much OpenLearn had to offer... the resources are amazing!’ he added – and we’re obviously delighted to hear that! But David also had a very personal reason for seeking out...
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What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...course, not only will the hopes and dreams of all New Zealanders be riding high on their team winning yet another world title, but indeed the mana, or sense of pride, in what it means to 4.5m people to be Kiwi will be proudly on display. The famous All Black haka (war challenge) first performed in 1888 against Surrey, will be seen by millions of viewers worldwide. The...
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Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day

...courses and qualifications. The piece is part of the ‘Free to Bleed: Data Driven Advocacy and Art for Menstrual Justice’ project, an Open University and Vagina Museum collaboration funded by the Open Societal Challenges initiative. The article also relates to Open University law modules including W340: Law, Society, and Culture, and W350: Exploring Legal Boundaries....
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Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub
Nature & Environment

Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub

...free, expert-led content that turns knowledge into action...We all know the planet’s facing some serious challenges - from the climate crisis to rising inequality - and many of us want to make a difference, but aren’t quite sure where to start. That’s where the OpenLearn sustainability hub comes in. It’s a free, easy-to-use platform packed with resources to help...
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Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?

...language of contemporary culture, that it wasn’t simply going to drift away because a few media commentators said that it should. The way it snappily articulated a fear of fakeness in an era obsessed with authenticity, how it fed into a narrative of media bias and manipulation, meant that it was firmly embedded in our modern cultural vocabulary. What we’re perhaps...
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