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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping student achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...research suggests that those who garden experience less fatigue and stress, two symptoms commonly found in carers. Furthermore, gardening can boost physical fitness, including building strength. This could support the carer in the physical aspects of their caring role. In the next section you will explore the benefits of physical activity to both physical and mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Developing leadership in the voluntary sector
Education & Development

Developing leadership in the voluntary sector

...Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL) offers a fresh take on leadership in the voluntary sector, exploring everyday practices, and the actions and interactions that get things done...Find out about The Open University's Social Sciences courses To stay informed about the work of the CVSL, please sign up to our quarterly newsletter. Click on this link to sign-up....
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Article 5 mins
Wordsworth re-visited
History & The Arts

Wordsworth re-visited

...centre of poetic philosophy. Wordsworth's influences are a topic of immense academic debate, and this album provides a concise and distinct introduction to the many literary, political and cultural shifts that informed and inspired one of literature's most breathtakingly beautiful movements. This material forms part of The Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to...
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Audio 27 mins
Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care
Education & Development

Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care

...research is addressing these questions...In a physical classroom, tutors can see what students are doing and their facial expressions give us immediate feedback about how they are feeling and whether they are understanding the session. In contrast, we have to ask for feedback about what students are experiencing online. There has been little research to show what students...
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Article 5 mins
Tackling noise pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Tackling noise pollution

...researchers are trying to cut down on noise pollution from transport. Lastly, two audio tracks featuring Dr Shahram Taherzadeh and Dr Suresh Nesaratnam explore the issues arising from the case studies and provide an overview of course. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Tackling noise pollution A brief...
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Audio 38 mins
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...research and public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes You A Nicer Person’ (Barras, 2013), ‘Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction Makes You A Better Person’...
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Article 5 mins
Psychological profiling
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological profiling

...children, I had a mortgage, so the actual making it happen wasn't particularly easy." His success shows that changing career isn't impossible, and Paul would be the first to offer encouragement to someone thing about making a change, "For a person who is at a point of uncertainty in their lives I would ask them firstly not to give up. If they find that whatever it is...
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Article 10 mins