1,924 search results
Writing from the heart
Education & Development

Writing from the heart

...Education at The Open University explores whether we offer young writers enough opportunities for ‘writing from the heart’...Our Teachers as Writers research reveals the highly personal nature of much writing. Threaded through our data from the Arvon residential we can see a strong sense of ‘writing from the heart’. In some ways this not surprising; we know that...
View article Writing from the heart
Article 10 mins
Do children have agency as authors?
Education & Development

Do children have agency as authors?

...Education at The Open University explores whether children are given enough autonomy when it comes to writing...Over the last three months the Craft of Writing team, (Debra Myhill and I, Becky Swain, Becky Coles and Sara Venner) have been recruiting schools to this new project. Funded by EEF and the RSA, it’s a partnership study between the OU, the University of Exeter...
View article Do children have agency as authors?
Article 10 mins
Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...education. Aids to implementing policy David Stewart on how Northern Ireland's size is advantageous when it comes to cross-sector work and experimental projects. Barriers to implementing policy David Stewart on how Northern Ireland is disadvantaged by the British government's Barnett Formula and its complex local government system Legacies of the troubles David Stewart on...
View audio Belfast - healthy city
Audio 40 mins
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...Education and Work, 29(8), pp. 877-901...Session 1: Employability and you: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Steph Doehler. It was first published in March 2024. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The...
View course Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...educational system. What I was taught seems to be quite different from what is expected here. I feel I'm putting myself up just to be shot down. I'm really exposing my weaknesses. I enjoy writing, but there seems to be a mystique to this kind of ‘academic’ writing that I can't fathom. I love writing essays but this course requires reports, and I feel frustrated...
View course Essay and report writing skills
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...technological change, wars, protests or partisan conflict. Internal – turbulent organisations. Turbulence may be embedded into organisations and institutions through factional conflict, staff turnover, conflicting rules, internal reform or complex operations. (Ansell and Trondal, 2018) Given the nature and depth of change, uncertainty and interdependence in the present...
View course Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...education, leisure, relationships and therefore physical and mental health. Young carers’ opportunities for physical activity are more restricted than for other young people, even under ‘normal’ conditions. The current pandemic, during which even the physical education and sporting activity in schools has ceased, has created additional problems for this group of...
View article The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Article 10 mins
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...education and vaccination. All we need is to educate, educate, educate.” At the Rani Sarala Devi School in Bangalore – the school Madhusudana attended as a child – doctors are busy conducting a free vaccination clinic for children from families with low incomes. “Our children are from the slum area,” says teacher R G Sudha, as more than 400 kids aged 5 to 13...
View article Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Article 10 mins