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The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community
Money & Business

The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community

...educate and inspire entrepreneurs. Eagle Labs Academy A free online learning platform designed to give founders the skills and knowledge they need to start and grow a tech business. With video and written content on topics such as starting a business, marketing and sales, product development and fundraising, founders and their teams will have access to the tools that can...
Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...Education (RAINE) podcast about the topic, Allison explains that she has found that maths anxiety is prevalent in nursing staff and can be linked with past experiences. This includes negative interactions with schoolteachers or parents, or their own personal feelings towards maths. As a maths tutor, Allison looks to change a student’s personal feelings toward maths,...
Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...Education at The Open University explores whether we nurture young people’s enjoyment in writing...In England we are used to the term ‘reading for pleasure’ and indeed most schools seek to foster this, but is ‘writing for pleasure’ also part of our vocabulary? I’m not convinced. Do we plan to nurture young people’s enjoyment in writing? Do we allow them...
Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...Dots] Download video transcript References Froebel, F. (1826) The education of man. (Translated from the German by Jarvis 1885). New York: A. Lovell and Company. Holt, L. and Philo, C. (2023) ‘Tiny human geographies: babies and toddlers as non-representational and barely human life?’, Children’s Geographies, 21(5), pp. 819–831. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2130684....
My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally
Education & Development

My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally

...educate myself has equipped me to understand how knowledge and understanding can make a huge difference to a person’s sense of acceptance. For example, language matters, and having an understanding of different pronouns shows the person that you respect their identity. It is also important to recognise that you might not get it right all the time, which is ok. Just...
Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences
Education & Development

Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences

...education study actually like? In this episode we get to grips with academic life at university. We hear about real student experiences, new ways of studying, managing time, the challenges of assignments and exams - and above all, the help and support that’s there when it’s needed. [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub....
Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...educational institution, which would probably be just once or twice a year, that could be just enough time for near complete evaporation. Typically DNPH would be commercially supplied in small quantities to mitigate against the risk of any large and destructive explosions. So, if not stockpiled, the impact of an explosion from a jar of dry DNPH in a school laboratory...
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...technology, engineering and mathematics degree with the BSc Combined STEM. Finally, the MA/MSc Open is an innovative masters degree, which means you can expand your existing discipline-related knowledge to pursue options related to your professional development. People change jobs and careers throughout their life. The open qualifications enable you to align your study to...