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Education & Development
Neurodiversity Hub
Exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly. This hub brings together free OpenLearn courses, articles and personal stories on autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
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Education & Development
What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Whether you’re neurodivergent, supporting others, or learning how to make your teaching more inclusive, the Neurodiversity Hub offers practical help, real stories and expert guidance. This article explains further...
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Education & Development
The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility is delighted to partner with The Open University to provide a range of free learning resources, supporting our core priorities: education, training and skills.
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History & The Arts
Fakespeare: Rewriting the bard
Rewrite Shakespeare’s best bits for the 21st Century and reveal your inner wordsmith.
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Education & Development
SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
On average three pupils in every classroom will be dyslexic, yet only 20% of these pupils will be diagnosed. Kim Collett looks at whether there's an overdiagnosis or underdiagnosis in relation to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
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Languages
Introduction to Spanish
In this free course you will learn how to talk about your work and your working day. You will learn vocabulary for different professions, say what your job is, and how you go to work. This course is an extract from the L106 Introduction to Spanish Studies (beginners) course. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some knowledge of ...
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Education & Development
Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg
Mae stori’r Gymraeg yn rhan o bos ieithyddol - un sy’n dechrau filoedd o flynyddoedd yn ôl gydag un iaith gyndadol.
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Education & Development
The Celtic origins of the Welsh language
The story of the Welsh language is part of a linguistic puzzle – one that begins thousands of years ago with a single ancestral tongue.
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Education & Development
Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2
Katherine Jegede returns to host the second series of a podcast to discuss the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic staff and students at the OU. It showcases academic research and projects, plus covers the work happening within the institution in relation to race and ethnicity.
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Education & Development
Alternative pathways into higher education
This podcast explores how home-educated learners built confidence and study skills through OpenLearn and The Open University, showing how higher education can be flexible, accessible and empowering.
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Education & Development
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Online teaching is now central to distance education, yet many educators still feel unsure how to support neurodivergent learners. Cora Beth Fraser shares five practical, compassionate ways to make your digital classroom more inclusive.
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Digital & Computing
The Jewels of Heuro
Algorithms make the world go round. Can you master them to capture the fabled Jewels of Heuro and escape the Temple of Algoritmo alive?