Education & Development
EPQs: designing your research question
You’ve already decided to do an EPQ, so it might seem a little odd to start this resource by asking you to consider why you want to do a research project. People do an EPQ for all sorts of reasons. Why do you want to do an EPQ?
Education & Development
Succeed with Extended Project Qualifications (EPQs)
Make a success of your EPQ by using the OpenLearn EPQ Vision Tool. This tool will support you at the very beginning of your Extended Project by helping you to decide what your project will be, through to the next steps of researching and monitoring. There’s also some handy guidance on how to present your final project. Each of the headings ...
Education & Development
Finding pockets of time to study
Could you study while you wait, travel or do chores? This animation explains how to make the most of your pockets of time throughout the day.
Education & Development
Beating procrastination with the Pomodoro Technique
Short bursts of action can help motivate you while you study. This short animation tells you more about the Pomodoro Technique.
Education & Development
Top tips for exam revision and preparation
How can you best prepare for an exam? This short animation gives you some top revision tips.
Education & Development
What is a remote exam?
Remote exams are end-of-module assessments that you take in a location of your choice, using your own equipment. Find out more about them in this short animation.
Education & Development
Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Learn about how the Williams family is trying to cope in the aftermath of Afro hair discrimination by pushing for change.
Health, Sports & Psychology
Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough
Only a small minority of LGBT young people learn about sexual health in the classroom, which could put them at risk.
Science, Maths & Technology
Astrobiology on OpenLearn
Astrobiology explores whether there might be life elsewhere in the Universe. We've got a fantastic range of FREE resources on OpenLearn so that you can learn more about this fascinating area.
Education & Development
The importance of education for students in secure environments
Marina Postlethwaite Bowler looks at the benefits of education for students in secure environments (SiSE) and the challenges faced by SiSE learners.
Education & Development
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
This course will help you to develop your understanding of how to promote and support learning for all, within classrooms with a diverse student and staff population. It will encourage you to embrace your own capacity to lead at any level of an organisation. You will explore the tensions around collective responses and individualised challenges,...
Education & Development
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the ways in which you can develop your practices alongside others. It will provide you with a better understanding of competing values within the school system and how to identify and build upon opportunities to lead and collaborate in this context. You will ...