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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...resources while others do not. This is called the politics of difference by many women’s groups, gay and lesbian groups, minority ethnic groups, and the disabilities movement, but there is by no means agreement on this issue. Professor Fiona Williams. Prof. Fiona Williams The fact that the development of politics and the development of critiques of politics from say...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...human behaviour. As such, the state remains an important tool for geopolitical analysis. Historically, the term ‘geopolitics’ is often associated with the ideas of Halford Mackinder in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; in particular, his 1904 ‘heartland theory’, based on the particularities of British sea power during the age of empire and the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...human society, basic legal principles are derived from nature. The underpinnings of this view still exist today in the form of natural justice. Key principles of natural justice hold that each person is entitled to a fair trial and that a judge must be free from bias. These principles – or at least the assumptions underpinning them – are still commonly found in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...resources. The importance of peer reviewed publications to the scientific community is undisputed, as they support the development of evidence base and facilitate knowledge exchange between scientific communities across borders. [student looking at laptop holding book doing research] We must, however, also look at the direct impact that our work has on the wider public....
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Article 10 mins
European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...resources about language learning. So, what are you waiting for? Test your language skills How to learn a language Exploring English Language for work and travel What can learning languages do for you? Let more real Open University Language students tell you Why study language? Discover 9 reasons to learn a foreign language Try our language courses for free! Study with...
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Article 5 mins
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...resources, teachers and support staff are making packed lunches, some even delivering them, and in playgrounds sports equipment that has gone dusty has found a new purpose, then there are the teachers wrestling with Google classrooms to get their learning rapidly online. Research from the Sutton Trust reports that by the start of April 2020, 34% of children from...
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Article 10 mins
What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...resources Vseteckova, J., Borgstrom, E., Whitehouse, A., Kent, A. and Hart, A. (2021) Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share Gale, B. (2022) How can we prepare for death while ageing? (Ageing Well Public Talk Series related) Gale, B. (2022) Valuing death at home: making preparations What to do when someone dies (gov.uk resource) Ageing Well...
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Article 5 mins
What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...resources, open education and open science. “Open Science is the practice of science in such a way that others can collaborate and contribute, where research data, lab notes and other research processes are freely available, under terms that enable reuse, redistribution and reproduction of the research and its underlying data and methods” - Foster The open movement...
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Article 5 mins