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Education & Development
Open door to success
The Department for Work & Pensions has partnered with The Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business.
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Education & Development
How to write a CV
A CV (curriculum vitae) is a brief account of your education, qualifications, skills and work-based experience, used mainly when applying for a job. Your CV is your first opportunity to tell an employer what you can do. A well written CV can make the difference between getting an interview and not being considered for the role.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
How does the brain age and what can be done to decrease the onset of dementia? This article has many handy tips for people with dementia and their carers.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Challenging ideas in mental health
Take a new and different look at mental health. This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, invites you to think differently about life's dilemmas by taking account of the views of all concerned, especially people experiencing mental distress. It explores ideas and practice in mental health, and will appeal to a wide range of people.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Managing Relationships and Work
The Managing Relationships theme within the Applying Psychology to Work hub has been designed to help you understand your workplace relationships. It provides you with skills, tools, resources and short courses to manage and maintain healthy and sustaining professional relationships with your colleagues.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
When we lose a job or it goes through a fundamental change, particularly without knowledge and or consultation, this can have a profound effect on our sense of wellbeing and worker identity. This article explores the impact...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Signposts for Work
Signposts for Work has been developed as a theme within the Applying Psychology to Work Hub, providing tools, resources and short courses to help develop skills and knowledge towards preparing for new work or enhancing a current career journey.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Mindfulness has grown in popularity in recent years but how exactly can we apply it and what misconceptions surround the practice? This article explores...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
What works to keep people living with dementia and their carers engaging with the walks and outdoor environments? A new Parks Trust and Open University initiative finds out...
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Education & Development
Start your career with OpenLearn
Leaving education and embarking on a new career can be daunting. If you’re looking for some support, this collection of FREE courses from The Open University is here to give you a helping hand…
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
What happens to our brains as we age and is there anything we can do to prevent memory loss and brain shrinkage? This article digs into the research...
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Careers education and guidance
Successful transitions – whether from lower secondary to upper secondary, into work-based training or university, or into work at any age – are life-enhancing for individuals and crucial to our future social and economic well-being. They are also an indicator of a good school. This free course, Careers education and guidance (CEG), discusses ...