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Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...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 1: Introductory 24 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1 Brexit as symptom: understanding the political geography of the vote: Introduction - A referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) was held on 23 June 2016 and 52% of those who voted recorded a vote to leave, while 48% voted for the UK to remain a member. The result came as a shock to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...university? Can I get better at learning? How can I manage the challenges that life keeps throwing my way? If you are thinking about questions like these, Succeed with learning is just what you are looking for. This course takes your life as its starting point, developing your awareness of just how much you have already learned and what you are capable of. It will suggest...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...guide their lives. In this course, I explore these issues through a study of the health-care services available in Britain at the end of the nineteenth and in the first decades of the twentieth centuries, using a wide range of sources. Where material is available, I make comparisons with the care available elsewhere in Europe. I cover all aspects of healthcare – from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...universally applicable rules or principles that we can discover through proper, empirical, use of reason, and which once identified will lead to progress (economic, social) and greater happiness. Apart from the ideals of social progress through the means of reason, and happiness generated by rational means, the essays highlight other key Enlightenment notions too. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the attachment...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...University course W821 Exploring the boundaries of international law...The use of force in international law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the rules governing the law on the use of force and their evolution analyse case examples relating to the use of force in international law and be able to critically analyse how the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...University’s Social Work courses and qualifications. The authors of this course wish to thank the Hallmark Foundation for funding this work and for their faith in its value. [Hallmark Foundation. Age well, every step of the way.]...Introducing relational care: Introduction - Much of the news about communities of care for older people is grim. For the sector: a soaring...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs