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Education & Development
Supporting student-led research
...students is becoming increasingly popular in curriculum assessments in UK schools. Find out how the Children's Research Centre is supporting these students. ...[FSC logo] Student-led research is increasingly a feature of curriculum assessment in UK schools and many children and young people are being asked to carry out their own independent research. Subjects including...
Education & Development
Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students
...students...[Protesting Comic Sans] Although Comic Sans might irk the purists, it has a clear design which can help dyslexic students Structure: Overview: Give a clear content overview of the session highlighting its structure and its key objectives. At the end of the session, ask the students which of these outcomes they have achieved and then summarise the key points in...
Health, Sports & Psychology
OpenLearn choices for YASS students
...students. ...Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications Thank you for choosing to study YXM130 Making your learning count. YXM130 is a special Open University module as it gives you the option to select your own curriculum, so you can study the subjects you are most interested in. This gives you the opportunity to learn more about the subjects...
History & The Arts
A timeline between The OU and the royal family
...OU student shop. Visit The OU student shop. Plain text version 23 APRIL 1969 - THE ROYAL CHARTER [The Open University Charter] ©The Open University The Queen approves the creation of the Royal Charter of The Open University. This date becomes the University’s official birthday. 18 May 1970 - Lord Mountbatten [Earl Mountbatten visited The OU to open ......
Health, Sports & Psychology
Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
...many OU students working in health and social care as well as a large portfolio of courses teaching health and social care; so we would hope that our OU students connect with this programme and feel it represents something true to them." View our co-production Take our quiz on ethical decision-making Try a free course on healthcare Become a ......
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Education & Development
Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
...OU Education Conference]Download video transcript CPD recognition for conference participants If you took part in the conference and/or are using this hub as part of your professional learning or CPD, you can use our FREE online course, Professional Learning into Action on OpenLearn Create to gain recognition and demonstrate the impact of taking part with a digital badge....
Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
...OU, explores how a quest for absolute knowledge has led us into relativism (which is an opportunity)...[Image of Friedrich Nietzsche] Since Copernicus humanity has been rolling from the centre toward X’, the 19th-century philosopher Nietzsche once wrote. He points to humanity’s loss of its own sense of importance and special status within the universe, and the...