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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
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
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
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
Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...free courses in the English language to articles on mental health and wellbeing, here are some free online resources from The Open University...All of the content listed below is free to use, including all of our OpenLearn courses. Every course offers a free statement of participation on completion (which you can download as a PDF) ......
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Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...free course, Exploring the history of prisoner education, looks at the history of prison education in the British Isles. It will examine the motivations behind the provision of education, the types of learning that were offered and the experiences of prisoners over the first 100 years of education in prisons...Schemes to improve the literacy and numeracy of prisoners, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...free course, Introduction to finite element analysis, introduces the essence of finite element analysis. As an example of its use, you will look at the case of FEA of the tub of a racing car. You will also have the opportunity to try out two exercises to carry out a simple analysis of a plate and a square beam...What is finite element analysis (what is it and why do we...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...free course, Managing and managing people, will introduce you to the world of management. We will be looking at a range of topics, including what managers do, what skills they require, and how you can develop as a manager...This free course, Managing and managing people, will introduce you to the world of management. We will be looking at a range of topics, including what...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs