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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...Introduction - ‘And I said to my mates. Do you know what you are rioting for?’ Matty (Aged 15) In the spring of 2021 young people from mainly Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist (PUL) communities across Northern Ireland from Derry/Londonderry to Belfast, took part in street riots. Buses and cars were burned, bricks and stones were thrown at the PSNI and young people from PUL...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Introduction - Religion is not necessarily what you think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, will present a selection of the vast variety of religious practices and beliefs in Britain today. Having familiarity with religions is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and global importance. This course will introduce...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...Introduction - We have seen that where precipitation reaches the ground, some runs off the surface into streams and rivers and some of it infiltrates, passing through the soil. Water that reaches the water table to become groundwater may eventually re-emerge at the surface as springs where the water table intersects the surface. Almost all streams and rivers have springs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...introduction to comparative education studies and will compare and contrast primary schooling around the world. You will look into classrooms and hear from teachers, teacher educators and policy makers from a range of education settings and countries. You will also learn about United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the agenda for free, universal, quality...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...Introduction - This course will concentrate on one of the most common forms of art history writing – a biographical monograph about a single artist's life and work. You will be focusing on the way that one author, Helen Langdon, has used biography in her book about one artist, Caravaggio. In order to get the most out of studying this course you will need access to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Introduction - Recent years have seen a great deal of media discussion about young people's health and wellbeing, focusing on issues such as eating disorders, binge drinking, mental health and behavioural problems. But what is the true picture? What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’ for young people, how is it shaped by social differences and inequalities, and how can we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...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 optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Introduction - Trade took Venetian merchants all over the Mediterranean and as far as China, a fact that affected not only the city’s economic prosperity but its cultural identity, making fifteenth-century Venice one of the most culturally diverse cities in Europe, a fact clearly depicted in many Venetian paintings. This course reviews some aspects of the social and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs