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Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...out for these key points: The video features two Open University academics, Heather Montgomery and Mimi Tatlow-Golden. What does Mimi mean when she talks about an ‘advertised diet’? What ages do children start becoming aware of food marketing? Why might this be problematic? [MUSIC PLAYING] HEATHER MONTGOMERY Hello. I'm Heather Montgomery. I'm here today with my...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...out some non-essential regular spending (for example gym membership if you are not making use of this). This will improve the outcome of the affordability test. Be careful about your job status when applying. If you are on a temporary contract or even on a probationary period for a permanent contract this may count against you when the lender assesses your financial...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...out in Figure 1 and you will see that it presents critical practice as the place where critical reflexivity, critical action and critical analysis come together. [Described image] Figure 1 Barnett’s three domains of critical practice (Source: Barnett, 1997, adapted in Glaister, 2008, p. 13) In the following section, you will explore Barnett’s model in more depth,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...out for in Activity 1. These include the suitors back on Ithaca, and the Phaeacians who help Odysseus on the final leg of his journey, as well as the various monstrous or supernatural figures who intercept him. Epic poetry really does do everything on a grand scale – whether in terms of the length of the text and the timescales of the stories involved, the larger than...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...out? This free course, An introduction to data and information in health and social care, will help you to understand the ways computers and technology work with health data to produce information, and how exactly this impacts patient care...Have you ever wondered about how information and technology have impacted healthcare? What influence does all this have on how a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...out that Britain’s car industry had produced the wrong cars, for the wrong markets and at the wrong price. Quite simply, the market found competitors’ product offerings more satisfying. Another example of the importance of an entire industry being marketing orientated is the decline of train travel in the USA. In a classic marketing paper, Levitt (1960) argued that...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...out of boundaries, both cultural and social. If you typed ‘Icarus’ into an internet search engine, this no doubt yielded a fascinating but random range of Icarus-related themes with plenty of examples from popular culture as well as more traditional ‘high’ arts. For example, popular contemporary music boasts a long list of Icarus references, from Joni Mitchell’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...out of your reading of poetry? This free course, Approaching poetry, is designed to develop the analytical 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs