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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...courses offered by The Open University: A215 Creative Writing A363 Advanced Creative Writing BA English Literature and Creative Writing MA Creative Writing Part 1 MA Creative Writing Part 2 If you identify as being from a Black background, you could be eligible to study our MA in Creative Writing for free: Open Futures – Creative Writing Scholarship. Tell us what you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...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 48 hours of study time. It is possible to study them at any time, and at......
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...Open University course S282 Astronomy. This course has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). This content is made available...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...Open University course S385 Cosmology and the distant Universe. ...Unsolved problems in cosmology: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Unsolved problems in cosmology. If you have read any other books or articles about cosmology, or seen TV programmes on the subject, you will probably be aware that cosmological theory has been very successful in explaining a wide...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SDK100 Science and health: an evidence-based approach, which forms the entry module in our undergraduate degree in Health Sciences....Session 1: Introducing human infectious diseases: Introduction - Most people on Earth experience at least one episode of an infectious disease every year. Although the majority...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...course at The Open University. This course no longer runs, but the ideas discussed in this course remain current and will help you to understand the different routes into teaching. This OpenLearn course is part of a collection of Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Learning to teach: making sense of ......
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...Open University. I’ll be your guide throughout the course and each week, I’ll let you know what’s coming up. We’re going to focus on a skill that is central to the writing of all stories and novels – creating characters. Through course you’ll explore various ideas and exercises to help you develop your own characters and then reveal them to your reader....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University courses TM111 Introduction to computing and information technology 1 and TM112Introduction to computing and information technology 2. Note: The word ‘data’ is plural (‘datum’ refers to an item of data), but is often used in the singular, e.g. ‘The data is ….’. You will find both uses in this course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs