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Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...thinking about volunteering? “It’s about having that willingness to carve out even just a little bit of your time to go to volunteer on a topic that you’re really passionate about, because if you’re not passionate about it, you won’t do it.” She says, “If you feel like your life isn’t fully fulfilled, then look for volunteering opportunities. Because,...
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Article 5 mins
Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...think about how perceptions of mathematics have influenced you in your prior learning, your teaching and the attitudes of learners...This free course, Working on your own mathematics, focuses on your initial encounters with research. It invites you to think about how perceptions of mathematics have influenced you in your prior learning, your teaching and the attitudes of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...think that derogatory comments like this discriminate against women? The comment could implicate girls not running as fast as boys; and when a female athlete does run fast their gender is questioned, evident in the case of Caster Semenya (Figure 2). What impact do you think comments like this have on young girls? [Described image] Figure 2 Caster Semenya To get a flavour...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Perceptions of corruption
Science, Maths & Technology

Perceptions of corruption

...index? video. Copyright 20 September 2012 Transparency International: the global coalition against corruption. Used with permission. For more information, visit Transparency International. Data from the UN Development Programme Data Public Explorer tool What do you think about the subjects discussed in this film? Use our Comments facility below to share your views...
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Video 5 mins
To lie or not to lie?
History & The Arts

To lie or not to lie?

...think about your moral responses to different lies...This content is associated with The Open University's Arts and Humanities (Philosophy) qualification. [To lie or not to lie cartoon game image.] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or...
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Activity 5 mins
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...think I was about 21, two things happened. One is I began to realise that I wasn’t as good at drawing as I needed to be in order to really make this work and I also began to get frustrated I think by how long it took to tell a story because you’d write it and then you’d draw it and the drawing which wasn’t that good would take me ages and ages and ages, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...think about how contemporary cities are permeated by all kinds of different relationships and connections with places elsewhere. And yet, the remaking of cities in the name of economic growth is far from politically uncontested. One area where this has become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed over recent decades through the construction of new luxury apartments...
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Article 5 mins
Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...thinking about and reflection on the difference that geography makes to understanding the climate crisis and its impact..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ Many contexts, one journey: a virtual fieldtrip across the Global South Click on the icons within the interactive feature below to watch the six short films. The map of...
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Video 45 mins