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When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs
After the BBC broadcast a racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette syndrome, the incident sparked outrage and an apology. But it also reveals a deeper linguistic question: when words cause harm, how much does intent matter?
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Cyfathrebu yn y sector iechyd a gofal
Gall yr adnoddau ar-lein hyn eich helpu i ddeall cyfathrebu effeithiol ym maes Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol.
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Communication in the healthcare sector
These online resource can help you understand effective communication in Health and Social Care.
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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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Digital & Computing
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online
Learn how to spot online threats, keep your information safe and understand key topics like malware, network security and identity theft - helping you stay secure at home, at work, and beyond.
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Education & Development
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and cultures. This course investigates the historical, ethical and social issues surrounding this technology. It is aimed at people interested in understanding where this technology has come from, the kinds of opportunities it brings to ...
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History & The Arts
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
The global challenge of growing inequalities is intricately linked to the distinction made between those historically regarded as human and those who have not been. The division between ‘civilised’ and ‘non-civilised/primitive’ played a vital role in justifying the colonisation and enslavement of those who were deemed ‘lesser human’, ‘other ...
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Free online French courses
Discover these free French courses on OpenLearn.
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Education & Development
How to become an ethical researcher
Why think about effective informed consent and assent and what do we mean?
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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Drawing on recent research and Open University scholarship (2020–2024), Rajvinder Samra explores how educators can help to close the awarding gap for Black and minority ethnic students.
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Professional learning is often framed as a structured, measurable process—courses attended, certificates earned, hours logged. But what if we reimagined it as something more human, more relational and more embedded in the everyday?
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Free online Chinese courses
Discover these free Chinese courses on OpenLearn.