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The Skills Network
Society, Politics & Law

The Skills Network

...works with mothers in Lambeth, South London. We are not a service. We work cooperatively. Everyone has a voice and a say in how things are run. We learn from and support each other. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through organising and campaigning. The Skills Network is local in orientation and concerned with...
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EPQs: help and tips
Education & Development

EPQs: help and tips

...work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ...Find out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification. This series of articles includes help and tips from members of AstrobiologyOU, a research group...
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Entrepreneurial Lives
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial Lives

...work demands, running businesses from home, the role of friends and family members, lifestyle, resource acquisition, and the fascinating, messy realities of entrepreneurs are themes explored in this series by Dr. MariaLaura Di Domenico of The Open University... Invisible Boundaries: When Home is the Business MariaLaura examines the challenges of running a home-based...
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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...social groups may respond to environmental change and uncertainty appreciate how analytical concepts can be useful in making sense of the complexity of environmental issues; in this case the issues of right to land and food prices. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DST206 Environment: sharing a dynamic planet...‘Land grab’: an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...work, in song titles such as ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ and ‘Life On Mars?’ He is a key figure in the relationship between science fiction and pop music, most obviously for two pieces of work. First is his 1969 single ‘Space Oddity’, a response both to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the US Apollo programme, which reached its climax...
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An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...work of social scientists and ‘thanatologists’ (people who specialise in the academic study of death and dying). However, what is so fascinating about this topic – once you start to dig a little deeper – is that there continues to be so much variation in how death is understood by different people and different cultures. [Described image] Figure 1 The Tana Torajen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Start your career with OpenLearn
Education & Development

Start your career with OpenLearn

...Work' area on OpenLearn to help you enhance your work skills. Succeed in the workplace Whatever career path you choose to take, there are skills that will be relevant to them all – team work, communication, leadership… and you’ll find them all in our collection of ‘soft skills’ courses, as approved by Google. You can also check out our full collection of badged...
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Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...work on developing these, you will have strong basic (or ‘core’) skills to apply in any writing situation. For assistance with specific aspects of any course you are to study, always refer to any guidance notes or handbooks that have been provided. This course won't solve all your difficulties immediately; developing your writing skills is an ongoing process, and one...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs