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Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...Open University? This article explores ...There is growing recognition across the higher education (HE) sector that an institution’s leadership should be representative of wider society. As institutions strive to ensure diversity is championed and that diverse viewpoints are reflected, it is equally important for individual decision-makers to reflect on their own...
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Article 15 mins
Science for everyone as £1m pledge supports new Open University courses
Science, Maths & Technology

Science for everyone as £1m pledge supports new Open University courses

...Open University completely free of charge, thanks to a pledge in 2013 of more than £1m from Dangoor Education, the educational arm of The Exilarch’s Foundation...The pledge has enabled The Open University to create an entire strand of new science-related badged open courses, delivered through the OpenLearn platform, and syndicated to iTunes, Amazon and Google. Dangoor...
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Article 5 mins
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...educator Mushon Zer-Aviv suggests there's a way to make it work...In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of...
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Article 10 mins
OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture

...Open and Shut Cases, which comes at a time when many can be seen as having closed minds in the Brexit era and following the election of President Trump. Simon is Professor of Law at The Open University. His interest in human rights and contribution to the peace process in Northern Ireland provides material for his inaugural lecture. He will begin by tracing diverse sagas...
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Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child

...open up about how they are feeling. ...Play is a very important part of children’s communication — it can reflect their world and their feelings and give them a way to express themselves other than through talking. Professionals helping children to communicate use toys a lot. You can use this activity with your child any time, not just when you think there might be a...
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Activity 10 mins
British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds
Society, Politics & Law

British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds

What kind of Brexit do the people want?...[trading] When pressed on the details of her plans for leaving the EU in December 2016, Theresa May didn’t offer anything of substance. Her reply was simply that she wanted a “red, white and blue Brexit”. As we and colleagues show in newly published research, it seems the British public agrees with her – just as long as the...
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...Resource Pack for Tertiery Education 1994-95 ] Click to view full size Coupled with the expansion of solar and energy storage etc., at east there are encouraging news during these tough times we are currently living in. Hopefully, my Wind Energy educational resources and chapters in our various Renewable Energy courses since 1995/6 have contributed somewhat to this...
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Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...educational inclusion. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales...Welcome This course provides a brief introduction to the field of inclusive education. You can also access the other courses in this collection: An introduction to leadership for governors and Teamwork: an introduction for school governors....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs