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Introducing the voluntary sector
...Open University and a significant figure in the voluntary sector. You will hear Martha talking about her own charity, Go ON UK, as well as her involvement in numerous other voluntary organisations. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional...
Society, Politics & Law
The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection
...Open University in Scotland, The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Scotland, and Scottish Union Learning...The Open University in Scotland, together with The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and Scottish Union Learning have developed a collection of learning materials in relation to the role of women in Scottish railway...
Digital & Computing
Are you ready for online study?
...Open University during the 2024–25 academic year. Tutors were asked about the issues they saw among their students. The findings: the digital divide is less about owning digital technologies and more about being able to use them effectively for study (Harrison, 2026). What do we mean by ‘digital disparities’? When we talk about digital disparities, we are not just...
History & The Arts
How do empires work?
...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A326 Empire: 1492–1975...How do empires work?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what a ‘system of empire’ is understand the key components – economic, military, logistic and cultural – which can help to make up a system of empire...How do...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Volunteering Free Courses
Expand your skills and knowledge and open the door to new opportunities in the world of volunteering.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is the EU? - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
...opening video of the Student Hub Live Brexit special...After 60 years of widening and deepening into a union of 28 member states, the EU is about to lose the UK, despite offering several opt-outs and a special-status deal to keep it in. Brexit is viewed by some as the start of an unravelling, while others view the UK as unique in believing it can gain more sovereignty and...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Issues in women’s football
...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. Women’s football, and women’s sport generally, has seen a huge surge in popularity and media coverage. In the three audios that follow, Steph Doehler from The Open University and Carrie Dunn (sports journalist and scholar) discuss various issues that this has brought. The history of women’s football...