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My career goal: Business and administrative
Money & Business

My career goal: Business and administrative

...now. Take a look at all Open University courses. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates. Not ready for University study? Then browse over 1000 free courses on OpenLearn and sign up to our newsletter to hear about new free courses as they are released....
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My career goal: Creative and design
History & The Arts

My career goal: Creative and design

...now. Take a look at all Open University courses. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates. Not ready for University study? Then browse over 1000 free courses on OpenLearn and sign up to our newsletter to hear about new free courses as they are released....
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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...types of weapon should have existed in the first place, and questioning what the future holds for the A-Bomb. The films relate to the Open University Course A327 Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity... A Bomb Is Born German surrender brought the Second World War in Europe to an end. Mad About A Bomb By the end of the 1950s, public opinion about the bomb had started to...
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The Language of Comedy
Languages

The Language of Comedy

...types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth... Creating a character with Graham Fellows In what ways...
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Happy GeoWeek!
Nature & Environment

Happy GeoWeek!

...types of rocks with our handy videos and tools...GeoWeek aims to promote 'active geoscience' with a range of fieldwork activities taking place in the UK. It hopes to introduce the public to geosciencee via outdoor activities such as urban, rural or coastal fieldwork. You can find out more on the GeoWeek website. Alternatively watch our videos to find out more about the...
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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...type of person who is likely to buy a copy of The Big Issue, make donations to a food bank, or give money to people begging on the street, you may feel that you are showing respect to the people concerned. Whilst it is certainly true that you are not deliberately disrespecting them (as those who refuse to acknowledge their existence do), what you are showing is compassion...
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Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...phrases, we need to think about what people are doing – not who they are. For example, many individuals who might today identify as either lesbian or transmasculine were living as men. Women - because they would have been identified as women at the time- put on men’s clothes, adopted men’s mannerisms and functionally became men within society, taking ‘male jobs’...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...phrases from people... ‘I am sorry for your loss’, ‘Let me know if I can do anything to help’, ‘Your [Insert name here] was such a lovely person, you are so like them’, ‘You should see a counsellor, you seem to be struggling’. We will all have our own responses to this, but for me often this feels like a closed ended sentence and usually there is no follow...
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