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Skills for study
Education & Development

Skills for study

...education level can present extra challenges - try this course first to reflect on and assess your skills and identify any language areas you might want to improve. What skills do you want to work on? Reading and finding information If you're already an OU student, don't forget to look at the resources, study support and help available from the Open University Library...
Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying. Helpline: 0800 02 888 40 (lines open Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm) Live Chat (Online Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm) Email: helpline@childbereavementuk.org At A Loss Signposting website and online bereavement counselling for anyone bereaved and those supporting them. Grief chat: online Monday –...
Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...education studies. They are self-reliant and live independently, sometimes with friends or a relative such as grandparents before or while at university. Support available Estrangement is so much more widespread than you may think. If you are already independent due to estrangement from your parents, or think that is likely to happen before or while you are at university,...
Irish Women’s Poetry
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry

...Education Bureau (WEB) and through organising workshops around the island with facilitators such as Eavan Boland who worked with women to develop their own writing voices. Salmon Poetry, established by American poet Jessie Lendennie in 1981, published the first collections of a number of women writers who would gain prominence in later years, for example Rita Ann Higgins,...
An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...education practitioners to provide holistic support services Hope is unique in the support it provides to CYP living in the West of England experiencing a family health crisis from 11 – 18 years from the point of diagnosis. Support is provided through a number of different media, including youth sessions, online support and a youth advocacy programme. Our research...
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...technologies for UK education and research: ‘the capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society’ (Jisc, 2015). ‘Digital literacy’ includes the skills everyone needs to be effective online, whether it’s searching efficiently, evaluating online information, communicating and sharing, or finding the right digital or online...
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...educational leadership. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales...Welcome This course provides a brief introduction to the field of educational leadership. You can also access the other courses in this collection: Inclusive education: knowing what we mean and Teamwork: an introduction for school governors. The...
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Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...technology policy, education, information and communications technology, and transport. It also encompasses the consequences of these for the economy and those within it. Activity 2 Identifying the impact of PEST factors Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Think of an example from each of these four areas – political, economic, social and technological – that demonstrates...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs