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How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to recognise the writer's purposes and opinions in their writing...In this free course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...University Inclusive Practice Leadership and Management Masters pathways....Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through: Introduction - This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the ways in which you can develop your practices alongside others. It will provide you with a better understanding of competing values within the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...University in collaboration with Legal & General...This free course on money and retirement planning has been produced by The Open University in collaboration with Legal & General. Planning your retirement is probably the most important aspect of financial planning for you to consider. Making the right decisions and building a sound financial plan can help to ensure that...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...university groups and other people that we knew. We basically were trying to find kind of as many young gay men as we could who were willing to volunteer that didn’t already have children through whatever means, and that had some wish to take part and talk about the topic. Men that sometimes we were interviewing them in my office, at the university, or we’d go to...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...University...How do we know what people read in the past, and how they read it? This free course, History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past, is the first in a series of tutorials designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use the resource, and explores the types of evidence historians have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...university teacher at East London University, Uncle Paul, he was always banging into my head, education, education, education. And he would come to me with different leaflets and ‘This is what you're supposed to be doing. I know you're playing on Saturday, and maybe we'll go a couple of hours and just trying to get this done.’ And he brought me the brochure for Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...not try our 3rd level module SD329 Signals and Perception: The Science of the Senses. This module can be studied as part of our degree in Health Sciences (Q71) as well as part of the Natural Sciences (Q64) and Open Degree. It is, however, strongly recommended that you do not attempt a third level Open University module without prior Open University study at a lower level....
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Article 10 mins
10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...be phased out. This was to meet the challenges of the digital, on-demand world. Its last transmission was in January 2007. The theme tune, however, remains an absolute classic - we can't get it out of our heads, 10 years later! Explore fantastic programmes The Open University makes with the BBC and other broadcasters in TV and radio programmes from The Open University...
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Article 10 mins