Martin Upton and Jonquil Lowe respond to a range of questions asked by learners studying Managing My Money.
Category: Money & Business
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Introducing your Midlife MOT. Your midlife years – that is, when you’re between about 40 and 60 – will probably be a very hectic time indeed. You might have ended up in a challenging job, or you might be working hard to get one. You could be looking after the kids, your parents or maybe both. Maybe you’re putting time and energy into a whole new way of life. All of that (and more) could even be happening all at once!
Category: Money & Business
Mae'r Brifysgol Agored wedi ymuno â MoneySavingExpert (MSE) i gynhyrchu'r cwrs rhad ac am ddim newydd hwn i roi'r sgiliau a'r wybodaeth i chi feistroli eich arian. Ysgrifennwyd y cwrs gan y Brifysgol Agored, gyda chyngor ac arweiniad MSE.
Category: Money & Business
The Open University has joined forces with MoneySavingExpert (MSE) to give you the skills and knowledge to master your finances. Packed with videos, audios, quizzes and activities the course covers all the key aspects of personal finance in six sessions of study that each take around two hours to complete.
Category: Money & Business
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Please note: This is course is due to be archived on Wednesday 21st December. You can study the course up until this date. For learners who have completed the course, the Statement of Participation will remain in your learner records in your OpenLearn profile.
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This free course, Managing my financial journey, explores the history of the financial services industry in the UK and its transformation following the global financial crisis. The institutional landscape following the crisis, recent developments to financial products and the regulation of the industry are examined.
Please note: This is course is due to be archived on Wednesday 21st December. You can study the course up until this date. For learners who have completed the course, the Statement of Participation will remain in your learner records in your OpenLearn profile.
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This free course, Managing my financial journey, explores the history of the financial services industry in the UK and its transformation following the global financial crisis. The institutional landscape following the crisis, recent developments to financial products and the regulation of the industry are examined.
Category: Money & Business
Gain the skills to manage your investments: analyse portfolio risk and plan your pension, with this free online course.
Category: Money & Business
Gain the necessary skills to manage your personal finances: managing budgets, debts, investments, property purchase, pensions and insurance.
Category: Money & Business
The case against payday lenders has been made solidly over the last few years, and some have tried to clean up their businesses. Christopher Mallon believes we shouldn't overlook the valuable role they can play in helping some people budget.
Category: Business Strategy & Studies
If your finances feel stretched, you’re not alone. These five simple steps can help you regain control and start thriving financially. And when you’re ready to go further, dive into free OpenLearn courses and resources to boost your money know-how.
Category: Personal Finance
Want to know more about how interest earnings build up (or 'compound') on a savings account? This short video uses an example to show how it all works.
Category: Personal Finance
The government has been gathering data about household outgoings for six decades. It tracks social and structural changes over those times, says the ONS' Joanna Bulman.
Category: Personal Finance
Nowadays, you might be offered the option of 'locking in' an exchange rate when shopping overseas - in effect, paying in your home currency rather than the local one. It can be an expensive mistake, warns Jay L Zagorsky.
Category: Personal Finance
Jonquil Lowe explains why promises about pensions have become important in the election debates.
Category: Personal Finance
Explore our free resources to help develop your fundamental business and finance skills.
Category: Personal Finance
Explore our free resources to help develop your understanding of UK financial marketplace, particularly after the financial crisis.
Category: Personal Finance
Explore our free resources to help develop your personal financial skills.
Category: Personal Finance
Are you running your finances, or is your cash giving you the run around? Get some tips on how to tame your money from The Open University.
Category: Personal Finance
The true cost of home ownership when compared with renting is revealed in this interview with Ray Wright.
Category: Personal Finance
An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context.
Category: Personal Finance
New research estimates the size of non-mainstream financial activity at over three billion pounds - and although growth is starting to slow, the alternative is becoming mainstream.
Category: Accounting & Finance