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Money & Business

Working in teams

...free badged course on how to work in teams. Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step towards enhancing your team performance and articulating your teamwork skills effectively to future employers. This week, you’ll explore why employers value teamwork skills so highly, developing your understanding of what a team is and the different types of team you might belong...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...free course, Exploring Ovid’s big ideas, you will find out why Ovid’s work is still so relevant today. You will meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter who was turned into a stag, and Ta’aroa the ancient Pacific Islander god who lived in a shell. And you will discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How to start a course
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How to start a course

...courses ] What are the free OpenLearn courses? There are nearly 1,000 courses on OpenLearn, all of which are currently free to study. OpenLearn courses cover a wide range of subjects taught across the OU curriculum. Many are based on Open University course materials while others are written specifically for OpenLearn. All of our ......
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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...free course 'The Science of Alcohol.' [Banner of a £2 coin on a pink background. The word 'Money' is embedded on the right.] 2. Money How much you can save will depend on where and what you drink, but as an example, if you had three medium (175ml) glasses of wine at an average bar, pub or restaurant per week, you could save nearly £50 per month using an average cost of...
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Our partners

...free courses to help you learn new skills or change jobs using the DfE's Skills Toolkit. [Google logo] Google and the OU are working together to promote development in key employability skills. You can find out more about Google's educational projects in this area, along with links to our free Google-endorsed courses on our Soft skills training page. [Logo for the UK...
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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...free course will help secondary school leaders make decisions about the provision and use of online learning. School leaders in secondary education need to plan digital strategies, devise plans and allocate resources in such a way that the school / trust digital environment meets the needs for learning. This course will help you make better decisions for your school...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...free course, Intermediate French: 14 July, is taken from Ouverture, a language module that concentrates on French as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into French society and culture through authentic printed, audio and video materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...free course, Empowering communities, discusses the most common forms of community empowerment, and explores the barriers to community empowerment and ways that these can be overcome. It will conclude by looking at crime and criminality: a particular challenge that can arise if communities are not sufficiently empowered and supported...This free course, Empowering...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs