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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...free course, Start writing fiction, will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and settings. You will also be able to look at the different genres for fiction...Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This free course, Start writing fiction, will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...free course, Understanding mental capacity, covers the principles and criteria underpinning the assessment of mental capacity and decision making in the UK...This free course, Understanding mental capacity, describes the principles and criteria underpinning the assessment of mental capacity and decision making in the UK. The course begins by looking at what mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...free course, Exploring career mentoring and coaching, will help you. It will explain what mentors and career coaches do and how a colleague or expert who can ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and help an individual to find the best solutions for themselves, can make a significant difference in a wide range of situations and contexts. Working through this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...free course shows you how to navigate the night sky, and introduces the wide variety of objects it contains. You will develop a hands-on understanding of telescopic observations using the Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. Supported by your own measurements we illustrate how stars evolve, and study variable stars. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...free course, Mastering systems thinking in practice, provides a primer for someone wanting to take the postgraduate qualifications in Systems Thinking in Practice. It will help you develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skill boundaries. You will learn to think more holistically about complex and messy situations,...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...free course, Leadership and followership will help you. Working through this course will help you to explore what makes a good leader, recognise common leadership challenges, and identify the skills you need to develop if you want to enhance your own leadership experience. Transcript You’ll start this course by considering your own leadership experience and learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...free course designed to help you thrive in the digital world. Explore key skills such as managing your digital identity, staying safe, finding reliable information, and maintaining digital well-being — all while developing a critical, reflective approach to life online... [Microsoft and Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...free course, Young people and religion: creative learning with history, will train teachers and others working with young people on how to engage them in learning about religious diversity past and present through the creative process of making short, creative films (Docutubes). It is based on the RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace) project, which has worked...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs