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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...research and aims to make academics’ work inspiring and accessible to communities in Wales. This supports institutional aims to make education open to all and supports wider OU work to build an informed, engaged and prosperous Wales. To keep up to date on our upcoming OpenTalks events, you can sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn....
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Education ‘schools must treat absence as authorised when it is due to religious observance’. References and further resources References Douglass, S.L. (2002) ‘Holidays and Religious Observances’, World Eras, Vol. 2: Rise and Spread of Islam, 622–1500, Gale, pp. 280–7. Ergil, L.Y. (2021) ‘Turkish and Ottoman traditions for Eid al-Fitr: a time for...
Article 5 mins
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...education bill that expanded opportunities for millions of Americans. He was a leader in opening markets to trade and led the Senate to ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement and creation of the World Trade Organization. Senator Mitchell received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He...
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost connections with our...
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...educated elites, especially those who wished to portray India as a unified, modern nation on the international stage. Even today, religion in India is presented in introductory textbooks as a single, albeit multifaceted, tradition, ignoring literally hundreds of millions of people’s beliefs and practices. Judaism – is not a good fit with the World Religions model. It...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...education. Section 4: Language study skills – how to improve your writing and speaking language skills. Section 5: Language and culture – ideas for three short plays or sketches. Section 6: International Christmas – an exploration of the many and different Christmas traditions around the world, as an example of the connections between language and culture. Find out...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...education, commerce and philosophy, Owen had gained knowledge which he saw as ‘useful’ in educating and reforming the character of these workers, thus ensuring their productivity and, he believed, their happiness. For Owen, as for most Enlightenment thinkers, the creation of happiness was a rational business, with identifiable causes and effects that could be...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...education (Article 28). You can read the full Convention, and a summary, if you click here. If you are thinking about planning a research project with and by children or young people, three of the articles stand out as particularly relevant in this context: Article 3 In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions,...