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Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...Open University's History courses and qualifications. A campaign, rather than a battle [The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916] The Somme was the first great action by a British Army on a continental scale. It was the longest, bloodiest battle of World War One, a campaign lasting four and a half months, and fought over a twenty-mile front near the Somme. In February...
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Article 10 mins
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...resources to get out into the countryside. So what we try to do is to work with people like the National Trust, the National Park Authority, local businesses to provide free visits so that the schools can actually come out here and experience countryside life, they can visit a farm, look at the wildlife, look at the landscape and find out about the National Park and...
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Article 15 mins
Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...Open University's Law courses. Why would we need a theory to understand jury decision making? To answer this, it helps to think about why we might be interested in understanding juries in the first place. One plausible reason is that we might want to reassure ourselves that they are making reliable decisions. Or, to put it differently, to see where any shortcomings in...
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Article 5 mins
Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses. Population ageing is a rising trend globally, with declining fertility rates and an increase in life expectancy. The UN estimates there have never been more aged people in the world than today. This means it is increasingly important that ageing well is given priority. What is ageing [A very elderly lady, full face shot...
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Article 5 mins
‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...resources for guidance in using the Hestia texts. Now read the commentary from Livius.org where the author outlines the problem. [Nabonidud] Nabonidus Chronicle, British Museum, London “For Greece, the sequence of events in what we call the 6th century BC is more or less known from Herodotus of Halicarnassus. 'The Histories' contain a general account of the history of...
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Activity 5 mins
Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...Open University's History and Social Sciences Courses [Nicola Parker]The railway has been an integral part of my life since I was a baby, as my mother joined the railway in July 1989. Seeing the changes over the years is what has inspired this article. Conditions for the working mothers of Scotrail have changed dramatically from 1989 to the current day. These changes and...
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Article 5 mins