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Education & Development
Connecting unseen dots
Why is interdisciplinary learning important? What enables it? Watch this presentation by Dr Carolyn Cooke and Mathew Jones to find out more.
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Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Collaborative professional learning to build and enhance (languages) curricular provision in schools.
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Education & Development
‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Significant differences in the good pass awarding gap between White and Asian students studying in higher education are well documented. In our university context this good pass awarding gap significantly appears in the final level of study. Why is this and what can we do about it?
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Returning to STEM
This free badged course, Returning to STEM, offers useful skills and solutions to help you get back into a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM).
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History & The Arts
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic holiday, marking the end of Ramadan. Find out more about the ‘lesser Eid’ in this article.
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Education & Development
Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Check out this set of free resources to help prompt initial thoughts and discussions about embedding sustainability in course design.
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Badges come to OpenLearn
Using our free courses and want to show others what you've learned? We've got great news for you...
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History & The Arts
Holi: The festival of colours, the festival of diversity
Holi is celebrated as the Festival of colour, love and spring. Shonil Bhagwat explores this Hindu festival's links to diversity of nature, people and culture in this article.
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Education & Development
Parent guide to university applications and beyond
A step-by-step guide for parents, guardians and carers designed to help you support your young person as they navigate the university application process and beyond.
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Education & Development
The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal
We are delighted to welcome you to this learning portal created in partnership between The Open University (OU) and Children in Scotland.
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Education & Development
Canllaw i rieni ar geisiadau prifysgol a thu hwnt
Canllaw cam wrth gam i rieni, gwarcheidwaid a gofalwyr wedi’i ddylunio i’ch cynorthwyo chi i gefnogi eich person ifanc i lywio’r broses ymgeisio prifysgolion a thu hwnt.
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a dedicated page on OpenLearn for those displaced became one of the most popular pieces of content on the site. Articles and whole courses carrying digital badges were also then translated. This review looks into the rationale behind this work and the impact it has had.