Education & Development
LGBTQ+ Hub
Collection of free resources exploring sexuality and LGBTQ+ history across the core faculty areas within The Open University.
Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
...resources to highlight and deal with an issue in a specific geographical location. When you are given a script for a prescription, you might collect this by hand, or an appointment arranged with your GP. They have to take your details from the record they hold. Assuming that this data is correct, it will provide a link to other information that may be used for other...
Level 1: Introductory
12 hrs
Education & Development
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
...resources for school governors in Wales...Welcome This course provides a brief introduction to the field of inclusive education. You can also access the other courses in this collection: An introduction to leadership for governors and Teamwork: an introduction for school governors. Regardless of the type of school in which you find yourself, their approach to inclusive...
OpenLearn Ireland
The Wheel Learning Hub
A collection of free courses and resources to support the development of leadership skills within the charity and community sectors in Ireland. [The Wheel logo]
Collection
Society, Politics & Law
Policing practice and leadership
Grow your knowledge and understanding of policing with this collection of free learning resources, bought to you by the Department for Policing at The Open University.
Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
...humanity has been rolling from the centre toward X’, the 19th-century philosopher Nietzsche once wrote. He points to humanity’s loss of its own sense of importance and special status within the universe, and the uncertainty and unknowability regarding its nature and purpose. There is plenty of evidence that these changes have played an increasingly important role in...
Science, Maths & Technology
Beachbrains
...human brain can count as many as 7000 neighbours: around 7000 tangled synaptic tendrils reach out from each neuron. Our beach is simply 1000 times less connected than a human brain. Moreover, a grain of sand and a neuron are very different: the physical states that a grain of sand can be in are very few (orientation together with wet and dry spring to mind), whereas a...
History & The Arts
Opening up history
Delve into our Opening up history series: a collection of interviews with historians from The Open University. Read about their research ranging from the political culture in 18th century Ireland to anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications.