3,190 search results
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...work in education or training at any level, you need to develop new skills and understanding in order to make the right decisions, make the most of the opportunities, and overcome common challenges. The Open University trialled our first fully online course in 1989. We are now world leaders in the research and delivery of online education. In this free course, we share...
View course Take your teaching online
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...working adults to retired adults is disturbing. Predictions are, that by 2030 the ratio will be two working adults to every retired person, instead of three to one now, and four to one ten years ago. Often ratios are implicit in the language rather than explicitly referred to: one teacher for 30 pupils; 2.4 children per woman of child bearing age; one retired person per...
View course Ratio, proportion and percentages
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...work...Session 1: Employability and you: 3 What is employability? - [Described image] Figure 4 Various figures standing on platforms at different heights Although there is some ambiguity over a precise definition of employability, there are some common themes associated with the term which you will explore in the next activity. Activity 4 Thinking about employability...
View course Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...works programmes. “The New Deal saw a general drop in income inequality, an improvement in gender equality, a major programme of new public housing and significant environmental works.” “THERE ARE COUNTLESS HALF-BURIED OR FORGOTTEN EXAMPLES THAT TELL US THAT BOLD ACTION IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT COULD SOLVE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS TOO” A...
View article Humans better at rapid change than we think
Article 5 mins
Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...work on things that they have neglected or not been able to work on previously. For example, understanding nutrition and trying out new nutritional strategies, working on their mental skills and mental preparation, or analysing their technical performance. Protect against burnout. This period of staying at home offers athletes the chance to rest more, get over those...
View article Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Article 10 mins
Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings from the screening and the discussion. You can see some of the responses in this pdf. Here’s a few quotes from participants’ comments: ‘Great film and discussion about freedom to move – Alia Syed, hierarchies of citizenship and belonging and how who we are...
View video Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Video 5 mins
The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...works as a convenient shorthand – an obvious example is the wearing of pink ribbons to mark breast cancer awareness. However, this colour coding can also be a cause for concern – there has been much anxious debate in the media about the ‘pinkification’ of products aimed at young girls, for example. It is argued that the association of pink with femininity entails...
View article The Problem with Pink
Article 10 mins
Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...working hard against each other and trying to get the best out of each other. It was good having someone you can work with and push on.” New Zealand has a long history of brotherly participation with 43 sets of brothers having played for the All Blacks at different times. However for those brothers lining up alongside each other this figure drops to nine. This year Ben...
View article Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Article 10 mins