
Languages
Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
This free course, Croeso: Beginners' Welsh, is taken from Croeso, a beginners' language module that concentrates on Welsh as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Welsh societies and cultures through printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to ...

Society, Politics & Law
Active Citizenship in Wales
Free online resources to help you think critically about society and politics in Wales, and to help you use your voice as a citizen.

History & The Arts
Wales: Music Nation with Huw Stephens collection
A collection of free learning resources inspired by the TV series.

Education & Development
University Ready
A collection of resources from all of Wales' universities to help you get started with higher education. Ar gael yn Gymraeg

Science, Maths & Technology
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
This free course will develop and improve your essential maths skills for work, study and everyday life. The course has four sessions, which cover the following topics: numbers, measurement, shapes and space, and handling data. There will be plenty of examples to help you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding. A...

Health, Sports & Psychology
Wellbeing and mental health collection
The mental health and wellbeing collection (Wales) provides a hub of free, bilingual resources that aim to promote positive wellbeing and support good mental health.

History & The Arts
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
Music has come to play a significant role in Welsh identity. It has been and remains central to the way many Welsh people think about themselves collectively as a nation, and the way in which the Welsh are perceived outside Wales.

History & The Arts
How jazz came to Wales
Jen Wilson explores the historical links between the emerging African American music of the 1850s and the rise of jazz in Welsh popular culture.

History & The Arts
OpenTalks - Wales: Music Nation
From folk to rock, music has always been at the root of Welsh culture and community. In this OpenTalk, DJ and presenter Huw Stephens discusses Wales’ musical history and culture with OU academics.
History & The Arts
Unlocking the diversity of the past
Historian Norena Shopland explains why our historical knowledge and perception is lacking when it comes to stories of diversity, and what we can do to change this.

Money & Business
Hybrid working: planning for the future
In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic organisations had to plan and adapt within a week to move almost their entire workforce to remote working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an unprecedented global response that many organisations would not have foreseen and had to adjust ...

Digital & Computing
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
The future of the workplace is continuing to evolve, and digital transformation is accelerating, requiring new digital capabilities, behaviours and understanding. There has been a widening of the digital divide and data shows that in the UK the skills gap is growing with a shortage of people with digital skills. Nearly all jobs have some ...