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STEM postgraduate research
Science, Maths & Technology

STEM postgraduate research

This content hub highlights the diverse range of topics explored by postgraduate research students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at The Open University.
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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...research provides you with insights into the wide variety of possibilities for studying music at postgraduate level. In this free course you will explore diverse musical topics through four themes: inclusions and exclusions, practice, technology, and community. You will encounter music from different times, places and genres while being introduced a range of scholarly...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...research perspectives, explores the development of the research process looking at the different perspectives from which an issue or phenomenon can be investigated; and highlights the main methodologies that can be used to investigate a business issue. By looking at different perspectives/approaches to issues and phenomena, different research methodologies and ethical...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...researcher. Being an ethical researcher is about doing ‘good’ research in the ‘right’ way. Researchers often think about what ‘good’ research is from their own researcher point of view. But they don't think about this from their participants’ points of view. This is particularly true for research with children and young people. The ......
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Article 5 mins
Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'
Education & Development

Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'

...researchers to educate them through engaging and interactive activities. ...What is MyShout!? MyShout! is an online resource which young researchers can use to teach themselves about how to do social research. It was designed by Dr Cindy Kerawalla and a group of young researchers. MyShout! divides research into 8 easily digestible stages. Young ......
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Article 10 mins
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...research and the advantages it provides...‘Equity based design thinking advocates that those at the margins should hold the most power in the design process. Ceding power doesn’t necessarily exclude anyone who isn’t directly impacted by the problem but calls for aid to radically rethink ‘expert’ roles, recognise the ‘process as product,’ ceding power where...
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Article 30 mins
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...research in law and beyond, is designed to introduce you to the skills required to develop and complete a legal research project. You will learn about the complexities of research, how to identify a research topic, how to conduct a literature review and how to develop research questions. This course also considers the uses and applications of information and data,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...led by students is becoming increasingly popular in curriculum assessments in UK schools. Find out how the Children's Research Centre is supporting these students. ...[FSC logo] Student-led research is increasingly a feature of curriculum assessment in UK schools and many children and young people are being asked to carry out their own independent research. Subjects...
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Article 10 mins