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A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians
Society, Politics & Law

A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians

...Open University's Open Degree. On 5 July every year the UK celebrates the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, arguably one of the greatest British achievements of the post-war years. The NHS was particularly lauded during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with weekly clapping for those who worked there. The National Health Service has always been...
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Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...Open University led by Dr Verina Waights, have developed a website to support carers through helping them to use digital technologies and get online. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. [Image of a young carer and an older person talking] Over a 100 million people in Europe care for a family member or friend. Many of...
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How to start a course
Get Started

How to start a course

...Open University course materials while others are written specifically for OpenLearn. All of our courses enable you to earn a Statement of participation and some also allow you to earn a free digital badge. You can use your badge or Statement of participation to share your achievement with others, although they do not carry any formal credit towards a qualification. Find...
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Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the nature and extent of the carbon footprints of individuals and households within the national and global economy assess...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...Open University course DB125 You and your money...Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand some features of the housing market, such as affordability, and decisions to rent or buy, supported by the use of various media, including graphs, tables, news articles, videos and household...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...open to ideas and experimenting with different approaches, such as human-centred design or an interdisciplinary focus (IDEO, 2022). While wicked problems have a framework from which to consider then, another approach is to think about problems as ‘intractable’ − those for which there is no obvious approach to solving them. As you consider a problem you reframe it...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...Open University course A111 Discovering the arts and humanities...Discovering music: the blues: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the historical context of the blues explain the nature of typical blues lyrics recognise a blues scale understand the concept of primary chords understand the 12-bar blues structure...Discovering...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs