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Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...research shows that wellbeing can mean different things to different people. For example, when we asked Open University students to sum up what wellbeing meant to them, some used words such as ‘contentment’, ‘calmness’ and ‘happiness’ that indicated they thought wellbeing was focused on aspects of mental health. However, other students provided words that...
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Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...Research shows that while many students enjoy using social media as part of their learning experiences, some struggled to make decisions about how to best engage with it for their personal learning journey, whilst others had objections (Mallon and Dresden, 2023). While there are undoubtedly a range of benefits to using social media as part of your learning, there are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...research. However, the war was not only experienced on the battlefield. You’ll explore the many and varied ways in which the war impacted on civilians, including the way combatant casualties affected the lives of loved ones who were left behind. Finally, you will look at how the trauma of the war has been depicted in art and literature, and see what has been learned...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...research, you do need to provide a reference to show that you are aware of complexity as well as to avoid plagiarism. Here are two examples. Would you describe this information as common knowledge? Example 4 Henry VIII of England ruled from 1509–1547: Yes/No Answer Yes Even if you didn’t know the dates of Henry VIII you would probably have no difficulty in finding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...centre, for example, you are ensuring that the calls are being answered in a timely manner, that the customers’ needs are being met, so whatever queries or questions that they have, that they are being answered successfully. So on a day-to-day basis and on an hours-by-hour basis, there will be a set of metrics that they will be looking at. They’ll be looking at how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...children that women in each country might have, and information about mortality rates either among children or across all age ranges. You might consider emigration, immigration and population growth estimates. You may have thought of other things as well; these are only a guide. Decide on a clear title. In this case, it could be either ‘Population growth in the EU’ or...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...centre moderno modern ciudad (la) city pequeño small comercial commercial precioso beautiful...Beginners' Spanish: Getting around: Introducción - In this session you are going to learn how to ask about different places of interest in Spain, Chile and Uruguay: what they are, where they are and what they look like. Key learning points Asking and answering where a monument...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...children. It is, after all, a substantially improved stance. Not long ago, Cameron was dismissing the desperate attempts by migrants to cross from Calais to the UK as “unacceptable”. Until very recently, his sole emphasis was on blaming migrants and on fortifying Britain. [David Cameron] Cameron is also right to argue for a “comprehensive approach that tackles the...
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