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Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 5: Word endings: Introduction - This session shifts the spotlight from Greek words to their endings. It does so by focusing on nouns, whose endings can vary according to their role in a sentence and their relationship with the words around them. These different endings identify what is known as the...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational wellbeing of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and......
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...Open University course K220 Death, Dying and Bereavement. Alternatively, you can explore the related OpenLearn course, An introduction to death, dying and grief...Death and medicine: Postponement and promise: Learning outcomes - After completing this course, you should be able to: evaluate end-of-life care approaches in the UK and challenges to care delivery evaluate the...
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Introduction: Introduction - We are all aware of improvements in the United Kingdom (UK) population’s life expectancy. Less well recognised is that the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities has also improved and over half are now aged over forty-five. The majority of those...
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E103 Learning and teaching in the primary years....Supporting children’s learning in primary education today: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Supporting children’s learning in primary education today. [Described image] Figure 1 Supporting learners in primary teaching today. Each section of the...
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K119 Wellbeing across the lifecourse....Child mental health: is it in crisis?: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Child mental health: is it in crisis?. There is much discussion about the issue of children and young people’s mental health problems in the media in the United Kingdom, and we often hear...
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T868 Environmental monitoring and protection...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: list the major sources of water pollutants; describe the effects on water due to organic materials, plant nutrients and toxic, physical and...
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...Open University Law School and Open University, the course provides a valuable introduction to the skills that can help frame a successful research project. Beginning with an outline of the research process and how to get a project started, the course then moves on to a discussion of other key steps including production of a literature review and evaluation of appropriate...