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The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
Education & Development

The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility

...free learning resources, supporting our core priorities: education, training and skills...Find out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification. The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility was set up in 2017 by David Harrison, one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and Chairman of UK financial technology firm True Potential LLP. David achieved an MBA through...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

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...best. Delve deeper into the subject Has this whetted your appetite to find out more about sports psychology and other related topics? Why not take your journey further with a wealth of content on OpenLearn, from bespoke video produced for the Commonwealth Games, to academic insight and free course exploring psychological impact of sports injury. Sit forward and enjoy!...
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Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability

...free energy. This album explores the various ways in which innovative technologies - such as wind-farms, heat exchangers, photovoltaic panels and combined heat and power plants - provide the opportunity to revolutionise energy markets and turn whole communities and districts green. One town in Holland is a good example of a “suburban energy island”, where the...
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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...courses and qualifications Music can be appreciated in a number of different ways and on a number of different levels. For some people, music is essentially a sensual, physical experience – the urge to move the body and to dance to certain pieces of music can often prove irresistible. For other people, though, enjoyment and pleasure is gained purely through the act of...
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After Manchester: The strength of the city
Digital & Computing

After Manchester: The strength of the city

...free taxi rides”. Taxis in Manchester are offering FREE rides home for anyone stuck in the Manchester Arena area. Let your friends/family know. — azy (@azymanzur) May 22, 2017 #roomformanchester Anyone needing somewhere to stay can come to our Manchester headquarters in the city centre. 127 Portland St M1 4PZ — Steven Bartlett (@SteveBartlettSC) May 22, 2017 And of...
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Tessy Mbofung on cultural values and expectations and the need for more awareness of race
Education & Development

Tessy Mbofung on cultural values and expectations and the need for more awareness of race

...Warning: the video includes descriptions of extreme violence* Transcript People are different: in this video, Tessy acknowledges how touched she was when a colleague reached out to her supportively around Black History Month but continues to explain that there are challenges for colleagues who may have a language barrier, and are judged by other colleagues. Transcript...
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Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...course, I am envious. All I want is to do what he does. Is that so much to ask? Here are a few of his first paragraphs. They are promises, whispered softly and calmly, that something good is coming. Many of my childhood memories are of metals: these seemed to exert a power on me from the start. They stood out, conspicuous against the heterogenousness of the world, by...
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What is crime?
Society, Politics & Law

What is crime?

...courses and qualifications Crime is an essentially contested concept. There is no universally agreed definition of what a crime is. However, the most straightforward way of thinking about crime is to look at it in terms of a legalistic perspective - from this approach a crime is an act which is illegal. It’s against the law. Specifically it is against the criminal law....
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