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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...write and we may anonymise and draw on some of what you say for future research – we see this as a circular relationship where we develop one another’s knowledge. The aim is to build a community of learning: we are all in this together. By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) with The Open University, you agree to grant...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...Write a list of questions you might ask each of the case study learners. Remember the open and closed question technique learned in Activity 4...Week 3: Communication and conversations about mental health: 6 Holding non-judgemental conversations - Educators are decision makers. For example, when assessing learners’ work, when adapting teaching and learning methods to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...Writing, in September 2017, about flags, and the act of ‘flagging up’ or mapping out symbols that define our identities, home and belonging, I come to think, as Paul Gilroy did, that the assimilation of transnational diasporas and migrants is not a process of acculturation, but of cultural syncretism. So how can national symbols, such as flags, represent Britain’s...
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Article 10 mins
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...write: [L divided by d = s divided by the result of D minus d] and, therefore: [L equals s divided by the product of D minus d, all multipled by d] This equation can be used to find L. What you have calculated so far is the distance that the dim eye’s image lags behind the bright, but our intention is to determine the time lag of the slower, dim eye. That is easily...
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Video 15 mins
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...write a sentence which said: “within the terms of present – present knowledge, deep disposal is the approach.” However, that approach needs to be preceded by a whole load of things, which is proper management and storage. And I don’t think we can rush towards that ultimate solution, if it is going to be the solution, and that’s why I'm counselling people to...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...July bombings memorial The Independent remembers each of the killed with a brief biography of each Goldsmith's Victor Seidler asks if the different nature of attacks on them explains why New York and London remember differently Writing in The Telegraph, Peter Clarke - head of The Met's Counter Terrorism Command at the time - shares his view of counter-terrorism operations...
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Article 15 mins
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...write (Meaney, O’Dowd and Whelan, 2013, p.89.) Given their preference for life in the big cities, they were also adept at using the American political system to their advantage, especially in Irish dominated cities such as Boston, New York, and Chicago. Tammany Hall in New York, the headquarters of the Democratic Party, became synonymous with Irish political power in...
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Article 5 mins
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...writing and listening. These activities form the foundation of learning and connect across all the wings DO: Encourages meaningful participation and decision-making at the child’s own pace, to build growing agency. DO enables children to learn actively by asking questions, working independently, helping others, and engaging in fun activities. These are supported by and...
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Article 5 mins