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Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality

...Farhana Sultana delivered a keynote to launch the ‘Voices from the Global South’ project, a collaboration between the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (with the Institute of British Geographers), the International Geographical Union and The Open University. It was held at the RGS, London in June 2024. In her keynote Professor Sultana engages diverse perspectives on...
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National Novel Writing Month
History & The Arts

National Novel Writing Month

...Open University's Creative Writing courses. Join writers all over the world as they write 50k words in a month as part of National Novel Writing Month. Here are our top tips and tricks to get a head start. 1. Just do it The best way to combat any procrastination is to just do it. No excuses, no tomorrows and no negotiations, as the perfect time, will never come. Start by...
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STiP@50 Celebrations
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STiP@50 Celebrations

...Open Univeristy along with Systems Thinking. Find out more about systems thinking in practice with these podcasts and videos. ...What is STiP@50? STiP@50 celebrates the unique coupling, in 1971, between the provision of Supported Open and Distance Learning as developed at the OU since 1969, with tertiary level teaching of systems thinking in the UK and beyond. 2021 marked...
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Why do a project as part of your study?
Education & Development

Why do a project as part of your study?

...Open University's Business and Management courses and qualifications [business meeting] Projects are common in university teaching, but they are different from the types of study that students experience regularly. Most of us are more used to learning about a particular subject or skill, with teaching that is designed to help you understand this subject in a very guided...
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10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...course: The Business of Football 2: The Western black rhino species [Black rhinos in crater] The western black rhino (a sub-species of the black rhino) emerged about 8 million years ago. While its population was once the highest out of all the rhino species, there was a 96% population decline between 1970 and 1992 because of widespread poaching. While the western black...
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...is committed to being a space where everyone can share and learn. Here's why, and what that means...At OpenLearn, we are keen to hear from you, the people who use our material. To us, this is part of what being an Open platform means. You are encouraged to contribute via comments, user-generated content and various polls and surveys. Comments policy All content* on...
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The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...Open University, to enhance academic integrity. I also present teaching staff and students’ views about the benefits of this novel system. [TeSLA system for Face Recognition] Figure 1 TeSLA system for Face Recognition E-authentication and authorship verification system for education TeSLA Adaptive Trust-based e-Assessment System for Learning is a European platform...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...Open University's Open degree qualification. [People look at Facebook in this cartoon, with varying responses to the range of gender identities on offer] February is a pretty busy time for somebody who writes about sex, gender and relationships, what with the coinciding of LGBT history month and Valentine’s Day. This year, however, I thought I could rest up a bit on...
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