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Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...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 this...
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...courses in Beginners' and Elementary level Mandarin Chinese, and Chinese Business Culture Essentials course are available to study at any time, and they provide digital badges for completion. For further information, please visit the short courses page. The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University holds regular free online public talks in Chinese history, culture...
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DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...course, which explores the frontiers of research and the applications of contemporary chemistry. For A level and other science courses aimed at 16 to 19-year olds. Fraser A. and Gilchrist I., Starting Science (Book 1), Oxford University Press Part of an integrated science course for the National Curriculum Key Stage 3 and Scottish Environmental Studies (science) for S1...
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Learning for organizational development
Money & Business

Learning for organizational development

...level courses in learning and development Shows how to link L&D to individual performance and organisational success You can read Eileen’s blog posts on how online learning can support virtual working and on blending online and face to face learning: How online learning supports virtual working Online learning works best when it is blended with face to face learning...
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What is Open Thanatology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Open Thanatology?

...course. Formally renamed in 2020, the group builds on the long-standing death and dying research group at the university with a renewed energy to promote these fields of research and education. This OpenLearn page provides examples of the education we have created based on our research and flag-ship modules here at the Open University, as well as our collaborations with...
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What did Plato believe about the human soul? The one minute guide
History & The Arts

What did Plato believe about the human soul? The one minute guide

...is beautiful and noble; it wants to soar into heaven. This horse is our finer spirit. The other horse is ugly and bad. This horse represents our base nature, driven by passions and irrationality. The soul is our rational self, trying to keep control between these two horses pulling in opposite directions. Based upon an extract of our free course The Body In Antiquity....
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Mi'kmaq: First Nations people
History & The Arts

Mi'kmaq: First Nations people

...course A332 Why is religion controversial? The MikMaq people have lived in Newfoundland for generations Their diet would often depend on the season 25 years ago Conne River secured protected status when it became a reserve Powwows give indigenous people to come together and celebrate their own culture Many members of the Mi'kmaq were assimilated into the Catholic Church...
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Scale your business with the Eagle Labs Academy
Money & Business

Scale your business with the Eagle Labs Academy

...UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem who have contributed content and inspirational founder stories, in written format and video content for you to learn in your way, at a pace that suits you. Want to take your business idea or growth journey to the next level? Visit Eagle Labs Academy and sign up now to take advantage of this resource and keep up to date with new courses....
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