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What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Education & Development

What is the Neurodiversity Hub?

...world can make access to education harder. This is one of the reasons we have developed this hub of resources to help you understand more about the differences in how people think and better understand the impact this has upon their lives. If you are neurodivergent yourself, you will also find a range of resources to help support you, from study tips to accessible...
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My career goal: Construction
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: Construction

...world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Transcript Transcript Take your learning further The Open University has over 40 years’ experience delivering flexible learning and 170,000 students...
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Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...world of mental health and looks at the impact of these perspectives on mental health practice and service provision. In a set of academic perspectives, Jonathan Leach of The Open University's School of Health and Social Welfare explains why the case studies were selected, and how they fit in with the aims of the course. He also describes how he became involved in the...
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Audio 1 hr 55 mins
Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality

...world One of the important contributions of the films is that indigenous voices come through in very clear and coherent ways, and they’re incredibly powerful in reminding us that this is critically important to understand. Transcript. Ongoing climate coloniality: shifting the narrative Climate change is colonial capitalism, but it is particularly an ongoing climate...
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Video 50 mins
What kind of Democrat are you?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What kind of Democrat are you?

...world. When someone says you are being political, they are rarely understood to be paying you a compliment. However, learning to play the game of “being political” is crucial to everyone now that democracies are undoubtedly under threat. At the moment, the public are encouraged to put aside self-interest and build consensus and shared priorities. The i-Attune is a new...
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Why an autistic meltdown or shutdown is not a ‘tantrum’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why an autistic meltdown or shutdown is not a ‘tantrum’

...world designed largely with neurotypical (or non-autistic) people’s needs in mind can bring about daily challenges and distress. When autistic people are overwhelmed, whether that’s due to sensory or emotional overload, a sudden change of plans, or masking their distress for an extended period of time, they may experience what is sometimes called an autistic meltdown...
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What's creative about creative writing?
History & The Arts

What's creative about creative writing?

...world of literature consider questions such as: Can creativity be taught? In what ways is translation creative? What part do culture and collaboration play in the creative process? Jump to: Andrew Cowan on creativity and creative writing Toby Litt on genre and creative writing Sally O'Reilly & Emma Darwin on the relationship between history and historical fiction Jutta...
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Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...world until Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453. Famously, Columbus made his voyage of discovery of the New World in 1492. Medieval Christendom could not but be aware of its neighbours. Trade, diplomacy and conquest connected Christendom to the wider world, which in turn had an impact on art. The luxury oriental fabrics painstakingly represented in paintings by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs