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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...course, Developing your employability through sport and physical activity, offers a valuable opportunity to explore how the cultivation of ‘soft’ or ‘employability’ skills through sport can contribute to career development and advancement. In this course, the term ‘sport’ is frequently used. However, it is important to understand that this term is broad and...
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...course on effective communication. Learn how to build rapport, navigate difficult conversations, and apply a psychological model to understand and respond to interpersonal behaviour, helping you communicate more effectively in everyday interactions...This free course is one in a series focusing on leadership, decision-making and communication in the context of policing...
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...course is to introduce you to fundamental concepts and technologies that enable the IoE and the internet of things...The internet of everything, and all of the connected things on the internet, are here to stay. There is considerable hype in the media – good and bad – that makes it difficult to work out if this connectedness is a good thing or a bad thing. Or, should...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...course particularly benefits all those engaged as risk managers, those seeking to develop their risk management capabilities and those, like board members, who have ultimate responsibility for risks within their organisations. Additionally all those with, or seeking, a career in management in any organisation will benefit from the understanding of risks and how to manage...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers in terms of health and social care. It will also explore the ethical and professional issues associated with online social networks when working in health and social care settings...The focus of this free...
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...course will help you to understand the issues surrounding children's rights as well as examining the implications of seeing children as citizens. You will also explore the meaning of childhood and analyse children's needs...How do children fit in to our society? This free course will help you to understand the issues surrounding children's rights as well as examining the...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...course explores this phenomenon, drawing on an Open University study on how staff (tutors) can support students with a mental health condition, and considers both what staff and institutions can do to improve student mental wellbeing...There is an increasing prevalence of university students who need mental health support and university staff benefit from training on this...
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...course, Race, ethnicity and crime, briefly examines the relationships between race and ethnicity, and crime, criminalisation and criminal justice. It considers the relationship between crime and cultural difference; the notion of 'criminalisation' and how its processes affect individuals and their opportunities; and the lived consequences of racialisation. Specifically,...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr