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Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...work with people with learning disabilities. Or perhaps it’s something you know little about, and want to know more. In this free course, Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging, you will hear from many different people about what it is like to have the label ‘learning disability’, and how it feels to support someone with a learning disability, as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...work full time now that Tomos is moving on from preschool into mainstream schooling. Mali has been a very clingy baby and Siân is worried about how she will cope with being away from ‘Mummy’ and going into day care. Tomos was a very easy baby – very placid and quiet. As a toddler he often seemed to be in his own world and did not interact with other children....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore scholarly debates about the possible meanings that might...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...working it out - they may not have really thought like that until they are in this sort of conversation; so it’s the asking little questions to get people to reflect. It’s almost becomes a monologue, it’s like thinking out loud… Giota: You mention that this is about inviting and getting people to reflect deeper about certain things, moving away from the...
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Audio 5 mins
Why worldviews?
History & The Arts

Why worldviews?

...working in the public sector, chances are sooner or later you will come across ‘worldviews’. The term has increasing currency as a means of encompassing the range and complexity (and often very personal nature) of ways of thinking about and being in the world. One of the themes at the heart of The Open University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub is the growing...
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Video 5 mins
Succeed with Extended Project Qualifications (EPQs)
Education & Development

Succeed with Extended Project Qualifications (EPQs)

...to the assessment objectives of the EPQ, so you can be assured that what you’re working on counts towards your final grade. ...[EPQ animation and interactive] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Survey If you enjoyed this interactive, please support us by filling in our survey here....
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Activity 5 mins
Witnesses and Evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Witnesses and Evidence

...workings of the legal system? Should we really burden members of the public with the responsibility of resolving our criminal and civil disputes - or would we be better having a panel of experts? And what about expert witnesses? After so many recent miscarriages of justice, how much weight should be given to the testimony of such witnesses? Gary Slapper, Professor of Law...
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Audio 13 mins
Defending Earth from asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Defending Earth from asteroids

...work together on real-life planetary defence - far beyond Hollywood’s sci-fi blockbusters. Discover how you’ll have a chance to witness a real-life asteroid fly-by in 2029 when Apophis comes so close to Earth that it will be visible to the naked eye across parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Defending Earth from asteroids [Laptop with Defending Earth from asteroids...
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Activity 5 mins