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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...universally regarded as abusive and constituting violence towards children, such as sustained beating or shaking. However, there are other practices that are more contested. A clear example here is smacking, which remains widely practised in the UK, yet is looked upon with horror in Scandinavia where it is considered violent and abusive. In these countries, it is seen as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...University courses. You may have other experiences of studying. What sort of activities do you expect to engage in when you study a course? What sorts of activities have in the past been most effective in enabling you to learn? These questions are easier to answer if you think back to a specific course or other learning experience. What did you actually do? What were the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...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
Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...University and a significant figure in the voluntary sector. This free online course, Working in the voluntary sector, will introduce you to some of the main activities carried out by volunteers and staff, will give you some background on how different organisations work and will provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering, as well...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...University course A342 Central questions in the study of music...Music and its media: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the main ways in which music is transmitted understand how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time examine examples of musical media from different historical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...University has launched a dedicated learning centre called The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. OpenLearn is supporting this project and is providing adapted extracts of all courses on The Open Centre in our dedicated Language and cultures hub. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is the exciting new home for non-accredited language and intercultural...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...University course SM381 Electromagnetism...This free course explores Coulomb’s law, the physical law that governs the force between electric charges, and shows how it can be verified experimentally. As a prerequisite you will need some mathematical knowledge of vectors. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM381...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...guide food and exercise choices (Bruce & Ricciardelli, 2016; Tribole & Resch, 2012). Intuitive eating recognises that individuals are unique and that once they connect with their body and recognise their own internal hunger cues, they will make food choices that will promote their own health (Tribole & Resch, 2012). Intuitive eating is not a list of instructions of what...
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