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Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...University's employability hub can help with career planning and development. Reference and acknowledgement Bates, L. (2019) Developing the nursing associate role in a critical care unit. Clinical Practice. 115 (10): 20-24 The research project informing this OpenLearn article was funded and supported by The Open University’s, Praxis Scholarship and Innovation Centre....
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Article 5 mins
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, The science of nuclear energy. In the following video, course authors Sam Smidt and Gemma Warriner introduce themselves and do some experiments with a Geiger counter to show radioactivity. SAM SMIDT Hello, and welcome to the course. I’m Sam Smidt. GEMMA WARRINER And I’m Gemma Warriner. Over the next four weeks, you’ll be...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context...An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...Introduction - This course considers the relationship of the emperor with the Roman provinces, and how this relationship was mediated and represented, as well as how the culture of empire was manifested in the identity of the emperor. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor: Learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...introduction to the Aeneid. Virgil’s Latin epic, written in the 1st century BCE, tells the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his journey to Italy, where he would become the ancestor of the Romans. Here, you will focus on the characterisation of this legendary hero, and learn why he was so important to the Romans of the Augustan era. This course uses translations of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...Introduction - This course will introduce you to the wide-ranging types of mammals that live in the trees. You will learn how they thrive in this demanding environment, with the help of a range of intriguing adaptations related to their unusual life-styles. This is the eighth in a series of units about studying mammals. To get the most from these units, you will need...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Introduction - Welcome to the first week of Succeed with maths – Part 2. The first two weeks of this course will focus on measurement and the units that are used to communicate this. People use numbers to solve a wide variety of different problems, including when designing buildings, navigating and working out the fuel consumption of an aircraft. These examples all use...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...Introduction - Access to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the twentieth century mean that everyone had access to good medical services? If you fell sick in 1930 where could you get treatment – from a GP, a hospital, a nurse? This course shows that in the early twentieth century, access to care was unequally divided. The rich...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs