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Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each session of the course score 50% or more...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course you will be able to: understand practical problems, some of which are non-routine identify the maths skills you need to tackle a problem use maths in an organised way to find the solution you’re looking for use appropriate checking procedures at each...
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Free course 48 hrs
What is ROWE - and does it deliver results?
Money & Business

What is ROWE - and does it deliver results?

...to step away from the desk and work how, when, and where they want. Proponents of ROWE argue that it leads to happier, healthier employees, as well as greater productivity. It sounds too good to be true. But is it? We’ll take a closer look at a few case studies in ROWE. [An empty desk] Working at home - or just at home? How can you manage a workforce under ROWE?...
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Article 5 mins
Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...studies of ancient igneous terrains on Earth to diamonds to lunar, Martian and other meteoritic samples. His recent research has focussed on understanding the history of volatiles in lunar samples, specifically, the abundance, distribution and sources of water in the lunar interior. He has been involved in supervising over 25 PhD students and postdocs and has published...
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Video 40 mins
Write around the world - the map!
History & The Arts

Write around the world - the map!

...studies to imagine them at work. Explore the extraordinary places that have inspired writers: Vesuvius, the Silk Road, the Outback and the fairy-tale forests of Germany. Along the way you will discover the astonishing variety of ways that books have brought places into being, filling them with the power of lived experience, imagination and story. Click on the book icons...
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Activity 5 mins
How do we move towards racial equality?
Education & Development

How do we move towards racial equality?

...in WELS faculty. The focus of the discussions provide insight into the experiences of Tessy Mbofung, People Business Partner for WELS, Anthony Gunther, Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for Childhood and Youth Studies in the school of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Eric Addae Kyeremeh, Head of School for Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport (ECYS)....
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Video 30 mins
Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... How English is English literature? Can we still consider English literature English? What is English literature? Authors discuss the literature they were exposed to as children. New voices During the wave of independence many writers from the de-colonised countries began to have their work published....
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Audio 21 mins
The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...and studying literature... Romantic authorship Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. The self How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? Wordsworth and De Quincy Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’ in the voice of Thomas De Quincy. Romantic timelines What is the impact of writing in different literary periods?...
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Audio 31 mins