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Succeeding in postgraduate study Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...English language (e.g. IELTS band 6 or higher), and effective academic writing skills are crucial – we will look at this in Session 2. Tutorials, seminars and day schools. You will be expected to prepare for tutorials, seminars or day schools (which may be online or face-to-face), and demonstrate initiative and personal responsibility for your own learning (having...
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...everyday problem solving. Suitable for students, professionals, and leaders alike, AI Fluency helps demystify AI and equips learners with the knowledge to engage with AI technologies thoughtfully, responsibly, and effectively...AI fluency is a beginner-friendly learning path designed to build confidence and understanding in artificial intelligence. Through a series of...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...English as an additional language. Consider firstly, the role of target language in supporting students with English as an addition language (EAL). Using target language puts these students on a level footing with their fellow students due to the absence of English as the medium of instruction. Teaching strategies using target language which support all students including...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than...
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...English dictionary and Spanish grammar: Collins Easy Learning Spanish Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0 00 718377 1; Collins Easy Learning Spanish Grammar, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0 00 719645 8...Beginners' Spanish: Getting around: Sesión 1 Arte y ciencia - In this session you are going to learn how to describe places, in terms of both...
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...everyday tasks. CHLOE Hi, I’m Chloe and I am Leah’s sister/PA. LEAH Sorry I’m… CHLOE Get your drama skills back. CHARLOTTE Your sex life. TOM Yeah so there’s quite a few different aspects to our sex life that I can bring to your attention. One of the main things we use to help us have sex is the hoist. Basically all it involves is me or Charlotte getting into...
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...English Sheepdog used in the UK to advertise a popular brand of paint. Decades later I can still recall the slogans from other lager ads of the time: “I bet he drinks Carling Black Label” and “Australians wouldn’t give a Castlemaine XXXX for anything else”. On holiday with my cousins, some time in the late 1980s, I remember one of the older boys emulating the...
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...everyday word, we see it all the time, building construction etc., and in some ways to start there can be useful, the idea of build-up, make up, to literally bring into being, construct a building it comes from nothing apparently and it comes up into something. But on the other hand that might be a problematic way to start, you can kind of say oh yeah it's about making...