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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. On 10th December 2022, Morocco beat Portugal to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Before this, Senegal qualified for the 2nd round, with Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia also disproving the myth that African coaches are tactically naïve. So, what is the history of head coaches (in men’s football)...
Exploring Law
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Law

...Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal system for public scrutiny. Privacy Laws and The Media Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss issues...
Audio 1 hr 9 mins
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...Resources: Origin, Use and Environmental Impact), The Open University, Milton Keynes Roy, A. (1999) The Cost of Living, Random House Inc, New York...Surface water: Acknowledgements - Course image: Jim Nix in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai

...educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws brought about by the Revolution. However, Kollontai became increasingly critical of the Communist Party and eventually lost political influence. She was appointed to various diplomatic positions from the 1920s, preventing her from influencing policy related to women at home. Kollontai saw marriage and the...
Connecting unseen dots
Education & Development

Connecting unseen dots

...education and Transdisciplinarity, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Arts (Carolyn). During the session we explored definitions of interdisciplinarity as activities which are a little like a stew – you can still identify some of the different ingredients (the disciplines) but they are slightly ‘mushed’ together and collectively create something more than...
Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...education. [A circular diagram illustrates the inquiry process, including phases like “Immersing,” “Imagining,” and “Innovating.]Figure 1 The 4D modelShow descriptionA central circle with the words ‘What do we mean by inquiry? A positive core’. four further circles appear, each linked to the positive core. The top one has the words ‘Immersing....
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...John and Melanie (nee Illingworth) Kotsopoulos: http://www.flickr.com [Details correct as of 7th December 2007] Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr