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Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...FREE tools and courses below and, to discover more about how we can help you, watch our short animation on to make the most of OpenLearn (and discover how it helps OU students in different ways too) Succeed in the workplace Is this the year you put your career first? Check out our Badged Open Course, and if you fancy a STEM career, feast your eyes on our collection. You...
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The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...free course, The social nature of being human, will introduce you to several of the social aspects of humanity and being human. Some of these are obvious, as, during the course, you will think about crowd behaviour and consider traditional dilemmas of being in crowds. Others will be less obvious, such as the seemingly intimate and private act of charitable giving to the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...free course you’ll examine one of Agatha Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and explore the evolution of British detective fiction in relation to Christie’s background, literary modernism and the development of middlebrow fiction...When we think of twentieth century literature as a popular cultural form, Agatha Christie...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...free course, The power of infographics in research dissemination, you will explore when and how infographics can be useful to your work. You will look at some good and bad practice in making and using infographics, and will learn how to evaluate infographics that appear to be presenting research evidence. The course concludes by introducing some free resources that can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...free course, Asset allocation in investment, portfolio optimisation techniques such as portfolio theory can be used to determine how much of an investor’s portfolio to put in each asset class. Portfolio theory can also be used to determine so-called model portfolios which offer optimised benchmarks for investors with the same objectives and constraints...This course...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...free course, Population ageing: a global health crisis?, focuses on two major issues of our time – ageing societies and global health. It provides you with an introduction to ageing societies and their implications for global health – implications which are only just beginning to be fully understood. The course will help you to deepen your understanding of ageing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...free course, The family at the centre of early learning, focuses on the positive learning relationships that can exist in any family and how ordinary, everyday domestic activities can sustain learning. You will consider how the traditions and cultural practices of the community to which the family belongs filters through to the child’s experiences. In doing so you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...free course, Digital innovation in social care and social work, explores how digital technology has made a difference, both to the social care sector and people living in their own communities. You will also learn about how incorporating technology in the home and in community settings has a range of benefits to people's wellbeing and ability to maintain independence in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs