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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

...educators and organisations to nurture Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), combining emotional safety, play-based learning, and step-by-step empowerment. This approach not only helps children recover academically but also builds the resilience and self-belief they need to thrive in the face of adversity...Nearly a quarter of a billion school-aged children in crisis need...
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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications [British nurse taking older man's blood pressure in nurse's office] Forging relationships We all can probably recount our personal experiences of receiving some form of nursing care. This might have been as a patient in hospital, in a community or doctor’s clinic or in some other kind of health service...
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How do historians know about the past?
History & The Arts

How do historians know about the past?

...level, the free course 'Taking your first steps in Higher Education' or the introductory module 'Arts and languages access module' can help you to decide which path to take and prepare you for study. You can study history at The Open University through BAs in History, Humanities, or the Open BA, all of which are best begun via the module ‘The Arts Past and Present....
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Professional Doctorates projects
Education & Development

Professional Doctorates projects

Wondering what our Professional Doctorate students from the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies do? Check out these case studies of their projects.
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EDI calendar 2025 - 26
Education & Development

EDI calendar 2025 - 26

This EDI Calendar is a resource to highlight key events, observances, and initiatives related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. ...If you find that a key date is missing, please complete this form. If you are OU staff, you can find out further information about EDI by visiting our Sharepoint page
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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications. E-professionalism is "the attitudes and behaviours that reflect traditional professionalism paradigms but are manifested through digital media" (Kacznarcyzk et al., 2013). Professional bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2016, United Kingdom) have specific guidance on the use of social...
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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...open education so attractive in the first place. Then it must consider what its competitive advantage is within this marketplace. Once it has done so it can then set about (1) identifying organisational objectives (2) developing strategies and organisational designs (3) identify ‘value drivers’ (4) develop actions plans, select measures, and set clear targets and (5)...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
How jazz came to Wales
History & The Arts

How jazz came to Wales

...Open University’s music courses  There is a straight line running from the anti-slavery movement and its campaign music from the 1850s, through to the jazz festivals with which we are familiar in Wales today. This line can be traced through the life and times of the Swansea anti-slavery campaigner and abolitionist Jessie (Heineken) Donaldson (1799­–1889). Jessie...
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