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Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXF003 Beginners French 3: absolument! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...In this course you will learn how to ask for directions in French. Along the way, you will build up your vocabulary so little by little you will be able to have more...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Open University course A227 Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences. This short free course focuses on a selection of religious places and practices in London. However, the full course explores religion in a more global context, with a focus on how religion is actually lived and practiced...Religious diversity: rethinking religion: Learning outcomes -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...open and interested in what this person is trying to communicate. I make eye contact with them. Now, I don’t stare them down because, let’s be honest, staring somebody down might be a little intimidating coming from someone who’s five feet tall. So I occasionally make eye contact. I uncross my hands, unclench my fists, let them know that I’m here to listen to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...sources of support and self-care can be really useful for your wellbeing whether you are a coach, athlete or student, so you might want to do this at regular points during the course. If at any time you feel uncomfortable during the course try taking some time away, invest time in some self-care strategies, and return to the course when you feel comfortable....Week 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...should not feel threatened by apps. Instead, teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the repetitive grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language interaction. Fernando Rosell-Aguilar, Senior lecturer in Spanish and Open Media Fellow, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Article 10 mins
From space to laboratory in four days
Science, Maths & Technology

From space to laboratory in four days

...Open University in Milton Keynes. The reason being is that meteorite falls in the UK are not very commonplace. Ross’s work had him well-placed, both geographically and academically to help classify the newly-recovered Winchcombe meteorite, since he was in the lab the same week it was recovered, working on very similar rocks. [Winchcombe meteorite sample - close up] The...
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Article 10 mins
The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications [British nurse taking older man's blood pressure in nurse's office] Forging relationships We all can probably recount our personal experiences of receiving some form of nursing care. This might have been as a patient in hospital, in a community or doctor’s clinic or in some other kind of health service...
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Article 5 mins
The Odyssey: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Odyssey: List of characters

...Open University's Classical Studies courses Odysseus is the king of Ithaca, and one of the Greek heroes who joined in the Greek expedition to Troy, leaving his wife Penelope and infant son Telemachus behind. He has a reputation for clever speaking and cunning; the ruse of the Trojan Horse by means of which the Greeks finally sacked Troy after ten years of war is said to...
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Article 10 mins