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Explore OpenLearn from The Open University
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Explore OpenLearn from The Open University

...our range of Sport and Fitness with The Open University, and discover the flexible way to get the degree you’ve been dreaming of. Do you want to try even more free courses? View our full course catalogue here. We've hundreds to choose from! Let us help you get university-ready Get helpful guidance on taking that move into higher education with the free resources below....
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Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...educational backgrounds. So, we offer a choice of starting points depending on how confident you are in your study skills. Click here to find out more about the Access modules. Making your learning count YXM130 is our flexible OU level 1 module, which allows you to count previous or current study from OpenLearn, or other types of previous learning towards OU...
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Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...based on Buddhist economics. Economics and accounting of the future? Alan Shipman and Dr Mike Lucas of The Open University discuss the problems of adopting new business models in a world where accounting and business education are still dominated by profit-maximising ‘shareholder value’, and the challenges ahead for those pursuing a Buddhist economics alternative....
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World in transition: Migration and Trade
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Migration and Trade

...educational value of the audio-visual material and explains the course structure. This material is taken from The Open University Course U213 International Development: Challenges for a World in Transition... World in transition: migration and trade Introducing the album's content Small change for a better world Micro-credit unions, how they work and how they are...
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Audio 1 hr 47 mins
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...education...This free course, Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...education through regional hubs, thereby halting the exodus of young people to attend colleges in urban centres, often never to return, while also increasing potential access to, and participation in, higher education. Despite the many challenges presented, the demise of rural Ireland is exaggerated, though the challenges of peripherality remain. The uniqueness of each...
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Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...educational institutions - and other public spaces are likely to follow. Alison Gash explains why it's important...Bathroom safety has become the next battle for transgender students on college campuses across the nation. Often referred to as “bathroom desegregation,” calls for safer bathrooms have inspired “shit-ins” at California Polytechnic and San Diego State,...
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Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...education of mental health issues. Wilma Townsend from the Centre for Mental Health Services (co-sponsor of the Voice Award) suggested that the show is “a good educational piece for both the general public and people who have a mental illness” because it sends the message that “a person can have a mental illness and still function”. Ellen Leibenluft, from the...
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