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Social Sciences: Politics, Law and Economics
Scotland Colleges

Social Sciences: Politics, Law and Economics

...these suggestions and should select OpenLearn courses to suit your interests and learning goals. To find out what other courses are available visit Free short courses from the Open University | OpenLearn - Open University. ​ [A thick black arrow points to the left to show that you can click here to go back to a previous menu.] Back to OpenLearn choices for YASS students...
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Study Skills for Higher Education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Study Skills for Higher Education

...to these suggestions and should select OpenLearn courses to suit your interests and learning goals. To find out what other courses are available visit Free short courses from the Open University | OpenLearn - Open University [A thick black arrow points to the left to show that you can click here to go back to a previous menu.] Back to OpenLearn choices for YASS students...
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Learning through Technology
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning through Technology

...University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and how she is using the experiences to help design a customized tool kit to support evidence-based 'inquiry learning'... Learning through Technology Open University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of...
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How to use a musical score
History & The Arts

How to use a musical score

...Open University, explain about different types of music, how it is written down, and what that notation means to performers... What is a score? Open University lecturers Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker outline how music is written down, what a musical score is and what it does. You will also learn how musicians use and interpret musical scores in their work. How do...
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Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...Open University course B328 Marketing in action...The influence and impact of marketing can be seen all around. For instance, you may find marketing communications being used to promote various brands, increase charitable donations, persuade toddlers to eat their vegetables, or encourage teenagers to behave responsibly around alcohol. In this digital era, if you use...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...open mind. ‘I never wear anything else. A light, please.’ Discussion Source: Raymond Chandler (1958) Playback, Harmondsworth: Penguin. Genre(s): ‘classic’ detective fiction. Extract 2 The organ swelled as Jane approached the altar, light-headed with happiness and not eating. It had been worth it – the tiny waist of the wedding dress now fitted her with ease, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...source of fresh water, rainfall, at risk. In addition, groundwater has become contaminated by salt (UNDP, 2020). This leads to saline pollution affecting crops and fruit trees. Added to this is the additional problem of sea temperature rise, leading to coral bleaching and impacts on marine life. This is causing depletion of fish stocks, particularly tuna, on which the...
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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...Open University...A lack of essential nutrients is known to contribute to the onset of poor mental health in people suffering from anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and ADHD. Nutritional psychiatry is a growing discipline that focuses on the use of food and supplements to provide these essential nutrients as part of an integrated or alternative...
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