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Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Careers education and guidance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the rationale for careers education and guidance (CEG) and young people's need for it understand your school's statutory responsibilities for CEG and its links with Connexions understand the basic knowledge...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...education? Read stories from OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Coloured pencils arranged into a circle] It may surprise you to learn that you can be involved in education even if you’re not a teacher. There are a range of ways that you can do that without being employed in a school, college or university, including as a...
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Article 5 mins
Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...education within the UK and beyond...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [A young student is on their laptop studying with bookcases behind in the background] Home education, homeschooling or elective home education, as it is also sometimes referred to in the UK, garnered significant public attention during periods of...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...educational leadership theories and models. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course EE811 Educational leadership: agency, professional learning and change, which is the first course in the Leadership and management route within the Masters in Education qualification. Studying this short course will give you a flavour of what to expect...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...open access education was greeted with widespread hostility by many commentators inside and outside Britain’s traditional class-bound universities. (The shadow chancellor of the exchequer called the idea “blithering nonsense.”). Yet somehow the OU quickly put itself on the map. When it opened its virtual doors, 25,000 students soon enrolled, at a time when the...
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Article 15 mins
FREE Mental Health Tips and Resources
Health, Sports & Psychology

FREE Mental Health Tips and Resources

...our own mental health and wellbeing, as well as those around us. Here are some FREE resources to do just that...Find out about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications Discover ways to alleviate stress and some of the symptoms of ill mental health with our interactives and articles written by our academic experts and have a look at our free courses....
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Article 15 mins
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...resource-based view, aims to provide you with an overview and introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates which enable you to develop a critical understanding of capabilities in relation to technological innovation. It will enable you to develop a critical understanding of the development, management and application of some of the most important...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Earth's physical resources: rocks for roads
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: rocks for roads

...resources. This album explores the occurrence, availability, exploitation and sustainability of rocks and minerals. The two video tracks feature Thrislington and Divithill quarries in the north of England. Quarry and road construction managers talk about extraction and road laying processes, bulk aggregate transportation and ways to limit the impact of quarries on their...
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Audio 14 mins