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Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is ......
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...course, Evolutionary tree of mammals, looks at evidence from fossils and DNA to examine which mammals are most closely related to whales...This introduction to the evolution of mammals considers Darwin's observations on mammals and how he noticed that species fell into natural groups. This free course, Evolutionary tree of mammals, looks at evidence from fossils and DNA...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Open University course KE308 Youth: Perspectives and Practice. This popular free course was refined and updated in July 2021 by Frank Carter. Couse image: TempusVolat in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Unlocking core skills for personal and professional growth: Introduction - Have you observed a growing trend in recent years where job advertisements and requirements emphasise core skills and personal qualities? For example, a job description for a role at the Open University outlines the requirement...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course KE206 Making a difference: working with children and young people...Supporting children and young people's wellbeing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand some of the principles, purposes and responsibilities affecting those working with children and young people...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...course will look at the meaning of social policy, how it works as a mechanism of persuading people to behave in specific ways, its role in shaping our understandings of young people, and the role practitioners can play in mediating and influencing policy. In particular, this course will examine the racialisation and criminalisation of youth social policy as it pertains to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E809 Frameworks for critical practice with children and young people....Working with diversity in services for children and young people: Introduction - If you work with children or young people, whether as a professional or in a voluntary or supporting role, then you will be aware that the contexts in which...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs