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School business manager: Developing the role

...centre of local provision for a wide range of options, from health centres to full community facilities. These ‘extended schools’, as the government terms them, offer an opportunity for schools to contribute to and work more closely with their communities. Click on the links below: Extended Schools: providing opportunities and services for all and Extended schools:...

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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs

Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...children’s services requiring many computer systems, each with encryption and multiple passwords. I was also in a large and very noisy open-plan office where interruptions and noise overload were highly impactful in a negative way. It was very challenging. It should not have to be this way. [Tired woman rubbing her eyes at work] Changes in our hormones affect many...

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Article 5 mins

Education & Development

Citational politics

...research questions, the literature you engage with shapes what is accepted as the evidence base for your research project. It has the capacity to determine priorities in your field of interest. In the video below, Professors Carol Azumah Dennis and Jenny Douglas talk about their own experiences as academics of citational politics. Transcript. Beyond this, citations matter...

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Article 20 mins

Science, Maths & Technology

Mars: A collection

OpenLearn has been covering the scientific research into our neighbour in space for nearly twenty years. Dip into our archive...

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Article 5 mins

Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

...research (cognitive psychology, social psychology, and individual differences) to unlock the processes behind the decisions jurors reach. The aim of our recent review was to bring together different areas of psychology to identify potential sources of bias that may influence how jurors make decisions. [Autopsy of a Crime Lab | An Interview with Itiel Dror] The big three...

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Article 5 mins

Money & Business

Stories from our Black students

...research project into Black students’ experiences on a peer mentoring scheme, we interviewed four first-year students. During these interviews, they talked broadly about the challenges they faced in balancing their lives and their study at The Open University...Listen to their inspiring stories below. In these, they share how having a long-term vision of achieving a...

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Audio 15 mins

History & The Arts

Glastonbury and the festival

...centre of goddess worship? Dr Marion Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, investigates. Transcript “A party that started in the 1970s with a handful of people in a field, and grew into a famous festival” - Dr Marion Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, discusses the history of Glastonbury festival, and what really goes on beyond the pyramid stage....

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Video 10 mins

Health, Sports & Psychology

Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE

...Centre for Languages and Cultures short course on European crime fiction. The meeting featured a discussion between Bill Alder of the OU and acclaimed crime fiction author Simon Brett OBE. In the conversation, Simon and Bill guide attendees on a journey of discovery of crime fiction, through different types of narrative, from the ‘golden age’ mystery to the...

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Video 30 mins

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