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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...becoming increasingly rare in the UK. Photo: Willow Neal. The next steps I am currently conducting research on butterfly conservation at The Open University but there are things you can do in your own garden to provide food and shelter for butterflies at all stages of their life cycles. There are also charities doing great work that we scientists find absolutely...
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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...become more available in recent years has led me to reinterpret early experiences that were my wondrous neurodivergent self in action. I realised that I fit a lot of the patterns. I had previously thought of these as personal failings but the great writing and resources that are now out there have been really liberating for me, in terms of how I view myself and the parts...
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Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...students are expected to be relatively independent learners, feedback comments have not been included for all the activities. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E809 Frameworks for critical practice with children and young people...Working with diversity in services for children and young people: Learning outcomes - After studying...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...becomes important. [Described image] Figure 8 Examples of packaging designs that solve multiple problems to create successful design projects In many ways solving individual problems is relatively easy if the resources are available. What is often far harder is solving the right problems with the best solution(s). Part of the skill of a design engineer is not only...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...students are encouraged to become critical thinkers about both how they undertake their own decisions, as well as how marketing influences our society...This free course, Marketing in the 21st century, offers a managerial perspective on how to deliver more effective marketing in an organisation, regardless of whether it is based in the private, public or non-profit...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...students, age approximately 11-16...Learning languages and finding out about other countries can be fun, as well as useful, and this free course, Why study languages?, is an introduction to the differences in culture and language about which we all need to be aware. There are 10 independent sections: any selection of them can be studied in any order. Some are about why...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...become aware of the scale of its losses; casualty lists from the battle were still being published in Ulster’s newspapers in early August, and ‘a hush of mourning fell over the whole province… In house after house, blinds were drawn.’ The annual 12th July demonstrations were cancelled. Instead, five minutes silence was observed at noon, when traffic halted and...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...becomes your brand.” The effect described in this quote is a tried-and-tested influencing method psychologists call the mere-exposure effect. Simply by exposing people to things, causes them subconsciously to develop a preference for it. There is no reason that this would not work for messages such as: “We want our country back” “No border, No control” “Who...
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