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How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...learning environment (VLE) than White students, in order to get the same grade (Nguyen et al., 2020). Furthermore, while 79% of White students obtained a first or a second upper class degree in 2021/22, only 60% of Black students and 70% of Asian students did so (Higher Education Statistics Agency [HESA], 2023). This awarding gap remains even when prior qualifications are...
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Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...Learned The next session involved a presentation by Professor Marcia Wilson from the University of East London on her experience of leading a successful submission for the Race Equality Charter. Marcia gave a very engaging presentation that outlined the two-and-a-half-year journey to a successful submission, which involved the inclusion of voices from every aspect of the...
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Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

Learn about how the Williams family is trying to cope in the aftermath of Afro hair discrimination by pushing for change...When Ruby Williams was a teenager, she was repeatedly told that her hair breached school policy, which stated that ‘Afro style hair must be of reasonable size and length’. She was sent home several times as a result. Her family took legal action...
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...learning resources Courses, articles and videos available on OpenLearn. Browse more resources Research Citizens’ Voices, People’s News: Making the Media Work for Wales An IWA report, in partnership with The Open University in Wales This research was commissioned by The Open University in Wales (OU) and the Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA), who are working together...
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Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?
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Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?

...learning content... Choose the 'Explore' RSS feed. If you want the 25 most recently published courses... Choose the RSS most recent feed. And, if you find a piece of OpenLearn content that is in an area you're particularly interested in, clicking the 'feeds' tab at the foot of that page offers a range of feeds of similar content - from the same subject area, sharing the...
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...Learn More about Business and Management Adaptive skills are crucial to any organisation and education in business will help you navigate the competitive global economy. These free online courses will help your business and management ambition. Find out more about Business and Management qualifications at The Open University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn....
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You, me and the future of Wales
Society, Politics & Law

You, me and the future of Wales

Learn how you can play an active part in making the Wales we want...Wales is the first nation in the world to create a law to protect and improve the well-being of its people, both now and in the future. This law is called the Well-being of Future Generations Act. The Act only works if people use it. Everybody in Wales has the right to use the Act to help create better...
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Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...learn more about the project or to get involved. For further information, please visit www.generationstudy.co.uk. Transcript The GRACE (Genetics Research Awareness via Community Engagement) project is supporting the Generation Study. To find out more about the GRACE project and its efforts to address underrepresentation in genetic research, visit www.open.ac.uk/grace or...
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