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Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses. 1. Join over 200,000 students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...Open University course T212 Electronics: sensing, logic and actuation...An introduction to electronics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise a variety of exciting high-tech products and systems enabled by electronics manipulate voltages, currents and resistances in electronic circuits demonstrate familiarity with basic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...in the wake of damning evidence that the careful systems of governance built up within the NHS don’t protect us from profound organisational failure, the awkward outsider who asks annoying questions starts to look like a resource we can’t do without. This contribution has been commissioned for an editorial partnership between Participation Now and openDemocracy.net....
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Article 10 mins
Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...resources in Welsh. It all started when I saw The Crown – some of the dialogue in the episode was in Welsh, it was about the Prince of Wales – and that was the first time I heard the language. The sound was so captivating that I decided I wanted to start learning it, so an interest in the Welsh language is what led me to OpenLearn,’ Sara explained. Sara not only...
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Article 5 mins
Social psychology: sense-making in crises
Society, Politics & Law

Social psychology: sense-making in crises

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D360 Social psychology for the 21st century. You can find out more about Open University courses and qualifications, tuition fees and funding options by visiting our online prospectus....Social psychology: sense-making in crises: Introduction - The aim of this free course is to help you understand the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Cider with Rosie
History & The Arts

Cider with Rosie

...What happened next and walk with Laurie Lee The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the other books in the series. If you're inspired to try writing some fiction of your own, OpenLearn has plenty of courses, podcasts and advice to turn your ideas into reality. Take your interest further by finding out what it's like to study Creative Writing at the Open University....
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Article 5 mins
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Nature & Environment

Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...

...Open University...If you ask someone what the weather will be like tomorrow, they will first look out of the window. That is because tomorrow’s weather is highly dependent on today’s weather, despite all the complexities of the moving air masses in the atmosphere. The air moves faster than ice sheets, therefore, it is easy to imagine that the current state of an ice...
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Article 10 mins
Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work
History & The Arts

Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work

...Open University's academic consultant on OU/BBC drama ‘To Walk Invisible’. Here she discusses what makes the Brontës’ work so fantastic...[Bronte sisters on the moors (BBC programme use only)] I’ve always loved the Brontës’ work (and enjoyed some of the spin-offs too, especially Kate Bush’s!), so it has been a real pleasure to work on this original drama...
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Article 5 mins