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Need inspiration? Start with what’s trending on OpenLearn: our Top 10s showcase the content learners are loving right now..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ With thousands of free learning resources across OpenLearn – from quick quizzes and interactive games to full-length online courses – it can be hard to know where to begin. That’s where our...
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We invented the weekend!
Money & Business

We invented the weekend!

...Open University's Open degree courses A free festival celebrating the invention of the weekendUp until the 19th century, everyone in the UK worked a six day week. Then in 1843, in Greater Manchester, workers’ rights activists launched a campaign to finish early on Saturdays. They won, and in doing so, invented the weekend – a gift to workers the world over! We’re...
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Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...Open University has partnered with Jobcentre Plus to offer free training tools designed to fit flexibly around any six-month Kickstart Scheme placement...[Kickstart joint logos with JCP and the OU] The Open University has partnered with Jobcentre Plus to offer free training tools designed to fit flexibly around any six-month Kickstart Scheme placement. Our free online...
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Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...Open University course A216 Art and its histories... Art and architecture A short introduction to this album. The pyramid at the Louvre Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French...
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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...Open University Students Association has created a series of video tutorials to introduce British Sign Language...Find out more about The Open University's Combined Studies qualifications [British Sign Language introduction] There are around 125,000 deaf adults in the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL), along with an estimated 20,000 children. Reports of sign language...
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Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...Open University course T193 Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production...Assessing risk in engineering, work and life: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand what is meant by risk carry out a basic risk assessment understand how accidents can be caused use probability to assess risk and minimise the occurrence of undesirable...
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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...Open University and Pembroke College Oxford, has been encouraging and promoting the study of modern languages, both in schools and in universities. The LCLC has worked closely with pupils and teachers from over a dozen schools in the three London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and the City of Westminster, through a series of study days, summer...
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