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Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E312 Athletic development: a psychological perspective....Session 1: Understanding resilience: Introduction - [Image of men and women helping each other to climb over a mud barrier in a challenge race] A Japanese proverb ‘Fall seven times, stand up eight’ effectively captures the essence of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...sources but they utilise it in order to create the best content possible. No-one, of course, would argue that the world (and animation in general) is worse-off because the Secret of Kells was released. They Don’t Bet On Horses In line with the point above is that indirect subsidies do not bet on horses so to speak. Direct subsidies anticipate a certain level of...
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Article 5 mins
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...source of reliable information, what does it provide? A source of entertainment perhaps, but I think we should be striving for more than that. And third, when we live in a world where real evidence is undervalued, and the aim of the media is to provide for the whims of the masses rather than actual information, it becomes dangerous. When a headline suggests that one in...
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Article 5 mins
DNA Profiling
Science, Maths & Technology

DNA Profiling

...source of DNA for profiling when bodies are exhumed. DNA profiling is not used by itself to establish guilt, but can be used in conjunction with other evidence to implicate a person in a crime, or exonerate them. The first step in DNA profiling is the collection of a DNA sample. This is done using strict procedures and storage methods. DNA can be obtained from many...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...Open University’s ‘Child Development’ course (ED209). It is an extract from one of the four course text books (Banerjee, R. (2005) ‘Gender identity and the development of gender roles’, in Ding, S. and Littleton, K. S. (eds) Children’s Personal and Social Development, Oxford, Blackwell.) © Open University 2005...Find out more about The Open University's...
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Article 15 mins
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...open. You have to be open and you have to respect people. Perhaps some people and their lifestyle choices are different to yours. It's important to accept people as they are and to respect them without thinking about their colour, their beliefs or sexual preferences. You have to be non- judgemental and also have a sense of humour. You have to be able to place yourself in...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism, c. 1780–1830. Source: R. Owen (1816), A New View of Society and Other Writings, with an introduction by John Butt, Dent, London, 1972, pages 14–90. Based on the edition of 1837, the essays were edited by Alison Hiley for the Anthology above. The video extracts are taken from A207 From enlightenment to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...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 start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs