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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...should not feel threatened by apps. Instead, teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the repetitive grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language interaction. Fernando Rosell-Aguilar, Senior lecturer in Spanish and Open Media Fellow, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...students to explore how they can act ethically as social workers, encouraging them to apply their power as practitioners to challenge social injustice within the law...[A Syrian mother carrying her daughter back to a safe place in Istanbul, Turkey] A Syrian mother carrying her daughter back to a safe place in Istanbul, Turkey The law can be constricting with asylum...
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How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...student tuition fees or the NHS. [Chart illustrating points described in the text] Figure 3. Labour posts by media type. N=545 [Chart illustrating points described in the text] Figure 4. Labour posts by policy area. N=545 The Labour party’s Facebook feed spent a lot of time on issues connected to its campaign and voting. Labour strategists wanted to energise voters who...
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Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...student can achieve. The guidance provided in these articles will help you apply for one of the two main types of research degree offered by The Open University...A traditional PhD, a Doctor of Philosophy, usually studied full-time, prepares candidates for a career in Higher Education. A Professional Doctorate is usually studied part-time by mid- to late-career...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...become matted) are Locticians. [Lux advert - text: 'Lux won't shrink wool', illustration is a black woman pouring the product on a black child's hair]Nineteenth-century US advertisement. Show me the money Madame C.J. Walker, the first Black female millionaire, received a patent for developing the ‘hot comb’, also known as the ‘pressing comb’, with the premise that...
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Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...become increasingly diverse over the years (GOV.UK, 2022), systemic biases persist, often limiting early-career researchers’ potential and reinforcing hierarchical norms that hinder genuine equality. This article explores barriers associated with gender discrimination and highlights the importance of fostering inclusive academic environments by advocating for...
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Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...become more proficient at using manipulatives, the teachers will begin to link the manipulatives to pictures, and to use pictorial images to represent number. As the children become more proficient at using images, they will be carefully introduced to more abstract ways of representing a number problem. Whenever children need to make sense of new knowledge, teachers will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...becomes active rather than passive, and helps you to remember what you have read. This section explores in a different way what managers do. It considers managerial tasks and roles. As you read, consider the main day-to-day tasks in which you are engaged. Then take note of how Mintzberg categorises managerial activities into roles. Which roles are dominant in your job, or...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs