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DID YOU KNOW... there's around 175,000 professional #sportspeople in the UK - around 1 in every 400 people. More than you thought? 🏅
That's 6 times more than the number of firefighters & 4 times the number of dentists! 🚒🦷
Discover more about sport: ow.ly/Skj050ZKnF9
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🎶 Discover how #music was used to support #mentalwellbeing in a nineteenth-century Scottish asylum, where concerts, choirs and patient compositions helped create a sense of purpose and community, in this NEW article from @OpenUniversity.
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How things are framed & how we are influenced by what we think we know, contribute to the sense we make of a situation, particularly crises, as this new course explains.
Develop the #psychological tools you need to make sense of 'everyday data'.
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It's the 5th and final episode of our #maths-based archive #podcast series, and we end with square roots.
If you've not yet listened, and can't even start to work out the link to #TheWizardofOz, you really need to hit episode 1!
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🛅 It's #WorldTourismDay, so why not try some #travelwriting! ✍️🚅✈️📸
#Tourism doesn't have to mean going to the other side of the world 🗺️ so here's some tips on #travel writing, how to start close to home and how to develop your #writing skills ✔️👇
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Sunday plans?
Coffee, brain gently waking up… or ready for something a bit more fun?
Dive into our Interactive #Learning Hub and try something new today - from space exploration and genetics games to quick quizzes, immersive films and interactive maps.
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Brains don’t all work the same way - and that’s kind of the point 🧠
From ADHD and autism to dyslexia, study strategies and more, explore free learning resources in our Neurodiversity Hub.
Dive in 👇
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Today is #European Day of #Languages... so why not enhance your own language skills?
#Spanish, #French, #German or #Italian, they're all part of @OpenUniversity's Open Centre for Language and Culture, available for free via OpenLearn!
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What are women’s experiences of #onlineharms?
This article explores the impact of technology-facilitated violence and online harms on women and introduces a short film - a gripping portrayal of what many women and girls experience in everyday life. ⏯️
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Happy #NationalTeachingAssistantsDay! 🍎
Thank you to the teaching assistants making a difference every day. 💙
Explore 114 Open University free resources to support your professional development.
📚 Design your own CPD with OpenLearn: open.edu/openlearn/education…
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While care-experienced young people face educational & financial hurdles, targeted university support can unlock their potential.
As many prepare to start uni, this article explores the challenges care leavers face & how they can be helped to succeed.
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DID YOU KNOW... Alpha Centauri, the next nearest star to our Solar System, is around 270,000 times further away from Earth than the Sun is? 🌃
How far is that? Well, it's more than 4 light years, which is roughly 25 TRILLION miles! 🤯📏
Learn more: ow.ly/KbR850ZQrBp
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🧏🧏♂️ Today's the International Day of Sign Languages! Did you know reports of UK sign language trace back to 1570?
Check out these short demo videos by The Open University's very own Students Association 🔗👇
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#BritishSignLanguage #BSL
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Get your boots out the closet, pull your scarf from that drawer, pack your summer wardrobe away... #autumn starts today!
We love autumn, which is why we've created an #autumncollection, full of content to keep you happy as the leaves begin to fall 👇🍂
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🌿✨ Happy #HobbitDay! ✨🌿
What better way to honour Middle-earth than by diving into one of Tolkien’s greatest legacies: language. 🧝♀️📚
This fascinating article explores why Tolkien’s Elvish languages have had a bigger cultural impact than Esperanto:
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Using OpenLearn alongside your degree can not only support with your studies, it can help with your career too.
OU graduate, Natasha, used free learning to gain CPD, share on LinkedIn and further her career, as she explained at her recent graduation 👇👀
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As populations age, what does it really mean to grow older well? 👴
Listen to our three new #podcasts exploring the changing experiences of later life, asking how connection, home and technology shape our ability to age on our own terms.
Listen now 🎧👇
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Today is #InternationalDayOfPeace 🕊️
From human rights to the aftermath of conflict, explore the complexities of peace through free courses, articles, podcasts and interactives on OpenLearn.
👉 open.edu/openlearn/miscellan…
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There's ALWAYS something new to discover on OpenLearn
Want to be a writer? ✍️ New collection
Interested in forensics? New course
Love history? 🎬 New video
You can find it all on the 'New to OpenLearn' page. Bookmark it today! 👇
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Our popular free course, '#Environment: treading lightly on the Earth' has been updated 👣🌍
You'll find:
❓ new FAQs
⏯️ new audio visual sections
🔢 and the #carboncalculator interactive
Check it out and test the weight of your carbon footprint
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