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More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...project work as part of the assessment. This might include some form of quantitative assessment, perhaps presenting figures in charts or graphs once you have collected them. Discussion You should now have two lists, one of mathematical topics that are covered in that part of the course, and one of mathematical skills that are assessed. If you aren't sure about these, then...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...Project, which maps protests happening around the world). From a social psychological perspective, these events raise a number of important research questions. For example, what governs what happens at such events, and why do some events remain peaceful and others turn conflictual? Social psychologists have found that it is groups and not individuals who are the main...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...managed to return, finally getting its current sound and official status as national anthem in 1997. History goes that it was not the monarch, but the Spanish population who called it Royal March (Marcha Real) and adopted it as the hymn for their nation despite that it was simply that, a military march without lyrics, a march that no one could sing. This preference was...
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Article 15 mins
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...managers to extremely poor women participating in the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) programme helped them understand the importance of using the water filters they were provided with through the programme (Roelen and Saha, 2019). In Bangladesh, community mobilisers helped to connect participants in the CLARISSA Cash Plus programme to government assistance and NGO-provided...
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Article 5 mins
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...manage external risks so well. The government and support agencies do not know the full extent of the problem (unlike children in need or at risk of significant harm in their families). Within the social care system, there are helpful initiatives emerging. Carlene Firmin (a Professor of sociology at Durham University and expert in this area) has championed a new way of...
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Video 5 mins
20 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

20 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Managing my Money for Young Adults, Clive Anderson narrated The History of English in Ten Minutes, and Don Warrington brought the Iliad and Odyssey to life. Not bad company for a free learning website. 20. We've covered some… eclectic subjects In 20 years of OpenLearn, we've explored sperm, Shakespeare, chocolate, death, Jediism, time travel and naked Roman emperors –...
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Article 5 mins
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...manage pain. The human condition includes pain. But the mind and body don't have to instinctively react to painful experiences. Mindfulness is a skill that allows us to be at least unthinkingly responsive to what is happening in the present so that our overall suffering might be reduced and our sense of well-being improved. Three: Most of us can get really stuck in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs