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What you need to know about carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

What you need to know about carbon footprints

...they are produced and measured, why we need to address our carbon footprints, as well as some easy and manageable steps you can make to reduce your environmental impact. The recording also features a Q&A with Jo from the OU staff audience. Transcript Questions and Answers Transcript [Aerial view of a forest] For more ideas on living sustainably, click on the banner above...
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Video 30 mins
Happy Birthday Harry Potter!
Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

...managed!...July 31st is Harry Potter's birthday, and while you may not be able to give him a copy of much-coveted Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches, like his best pal Ron Weasley did on his 17th birthday, you can dig into our range of magical resources. We've got articles on the a range of exciting themes, spells and observances in Harry Potter, a piece on the use of...
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Article 5 mins
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...Introduction: Introduction - integrity – transparency – respect – fairness – teamwork To protect the public by delivering highly effective oversight of regulation and registration. (Professional Standards Authority, 2024) Regulators play a vital role in protecting members of the public and health and social care workers. The UK has 13 health and social care...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...Introduction and guidance: What is a badged course? - OpenLearn - Open University You should be able to justify the research decisions you make. Utilising these resources will guide your ethical judgements when writing your proposal and ultimately when designing and conducting your research study. The Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (British Educational...
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Article 5 mins
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...Introduction - As adults we sometimes struggle to justify our feelings about particular books, but children are quite clear about what they like and don't like. It is possible to get children to discuss why they liked or did not like particular books and to encourage them to think more deeply about the books they read. This unit offers ideas and activities to engage...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...Introduction: Introduction - This free course, Introducing social care and social work, will introduce you to different social care and social work practitioner roles. It will develop your understanding of the context in which social care and social work take place in the United Kingdom (UK). Social work and social care practitioners have a vital role in supporting and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Health and wellbeing

...Manager for Recognition of Prior Learning...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree qualification. I am the Senior Manager for Recognition of Prior Learning and my favourite characteristic about YXM130 is that it allows you to draw on short courses that you have already completed and use them towards the module. I also love the fact that you can study...
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Article 5 mins
Get started with OpenLearn
Get Started

Get started with OpenLearn

...manage and track your progress how to earn your statement of participation and/or digital badge and where to find them! Creating an OpenLearn account It takes just a minute to set up your OpenLearn user account and profile, but if you have any further questions about creating and managing your account, visit our My OpenLearn account page. Finding and enrolling on a course...
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Article 5 mins