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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...manager of the project and felt she was being picked on. After some unsuccessful attempts to secure better compliance with the court-ordered reparation work, Gina has been taken back to court by the Youth Offending Team (YOT) because they are obliged by the law to do so if they cannot secure compliance with the order. The court report prepared by the local YOT worker...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...management ideas contribute to success, referencing unique sporting case studies and insights that will change how you view and study sport. You will consider how the mind, the body, the environment and training techniques all contribute to optimum fitness...Have you experience of sport or fitness coaching either as a participant or a coach? Are you inquisitive about how...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...introduction to music and sound recording in the creative industries and offers some guidance about making your own recordings. Many of the processes that have been developed and the issues that have been raised in the first 150 years of recording are still relevant today, and a solid grounding in them will help you understand the wide range of recording techniques...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. See previous article in series: Designing your research question Before working through this article, you should...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?

...managing director of E-Parisara, one of India’s leading e-waste recycling companies. According to the United Nations University, the world produced 42 million tonnes of e-waste in 2014, with Asia accounting for 16 million tonnes. Currently e-waste is dumped in landfills, incinerated or treated with chemicals to recover valuable materials, but these are not regarded as...
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Article 5 mins
World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga

...managed to call a halt to Portuguese slave raids in her kingdom through clever tactics. Read about her legacy in this article... Queen Nzinga c.1581-1663 Modern-day Angola State Leadership [Queen Nzinga image] Drawing of Queen Nzinga In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, city states along the Central African coast began to be of interest to Portuguese...
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Article 5 mins
Can you harness intrapreneurship?
Money & Business

Can you harness intrapreneurship?

...Management, this webinar is designed to inspire employers, unpacking the unique mindset and skills that distinguish intrapreneurs and how these individuals can be identified and enabled in an organisational environment. Transcript Webinar 2: Fostering an intrapreneurial culture Session two looks at how employers build an intrapreneurial culture with the help of Duncan...
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Video 4 hrs