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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...education institutions have a responsibility to encourage more BAME students into STEM subjects and shift this industry wide disparity. Representatives from The Open University, Queen’s University and Ulster University discussed the stories behind some of Northern Ireland’s STEM academics, who represent the BAME community and are committed to instigating change. They...
Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education

...Educational Institutions (HEIs, i.e. universities) have significant resources which can help them to better plan and make adjustments to best support their staff after a loss. However, surprisingly little is known about the policies and experiences of those who work in higher education in the UK. A recent survey conducted by researchers from Open Thanatology at The Open...
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...education systems worldwide. My own collaboration with Sylva and Snow taught me the importance of patient, humble and systematic research. Bruner, who died last year at the age of 100, was a professor at Harvard and then Oxford. He believed firmly that all children can thrive in their learning if provided with the right conditions. In the 1960s, he helped develop the US...
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?

...education...[map of the UK depicting the OU at 45] Forty-five years ago, when Britain’s Open University (OU) began broadcasting its first lectures over BBC television and radio, there were many reasons to discount its importance. For one thing, the concept of providing higher education at a distance wasn’t new: the first correspondence course, teaching shorthand, was...
Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...educating families whose children had previously been enrolled in schools...Why is this increasing, and what should be done? The number of children and young people deregistering from UK schools to begin home education has risen significantly in recent years. As Anna Chinazzi suggests, schools can learn from home educators, as education departments across the world...
World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...education was fundamental in improving a woman's place in society and strived for equality. Read her story here... Emily Davies England 1860 - 1921 Higher Education [Emily Davies image] Emily Davies portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1880 In mid nineteenth-century England the world of higher education, like many others, was closed to women. Many people opposed the idea of...
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Education & Development

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...educators, home-educated young people, practitioners and others interested in home education...Registered OpenLearn users can vote in the poll above (log in to see it if you haven't done so already). The resources cover a range of topics including ones aimed at specific knowledge of neurodiversity, inclusive practice and children’s development and those targeted at...
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Make your learning count towards an Open University qualification
Education & Development

Make your learning count towards an Open University qualification

...education with The Open University? ...[Make your learning count] OpenLearn courses have been proven to increase confidence and develop the skills needed to enter higher education and succeed with learning. A 30-credit OU level 1 course, Making your learning count will build on the learning that you may have already gained via OpenLearn, or other open educational...