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A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...studying this course, you should be able to: list the main components of cells summarise the structure and function of the different components outline how cell ultrastructure is related to cell function identify cell organelles and the main cytoskeletal components in diagrams and EM micrographs and interpret simple EM images...A tour of the cell: 1 Introducing the cell -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...study by Kimber et al. (2023) exploring coaches’ experience of working with neurodivergent athletes, one participant captures how this applies within a sporting context: I think some of their focus and determination is rooted in the(ir) autism … their determination and single-mindedness with the task at hand, that can be quite helpful. Through a strengths-based...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...skill and reflexivity. Furthermore, social and technological systems create ways of knowing that are caught up in the processes by which they remain coherent; because knowledge and social life are self-referential, their inequalities can seem self-evident, natural or even beneficial. The corollary is that inventing new ways to know the world allows that world to be...
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Article 5 mins
The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...skills and experience. At The Open University, we have argued that the move to an all graduate profession is a step in the right direction, as this will better equip nurses to respond to the increasingly complex care situations in which they practice. While there have been some recent examples of the way in which nursing has struggled to meet some of the essential care...
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Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors have I used? – Over the years mainly VSM & SSM. Of the non OU approaches SAST. Currently tending to use SSM,...
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Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
Miscellaneous

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...livestream, please do take the opportunity to have your questions answered by our speakers LIVE during the event by posting in the OpenLearn comments box below this article. Study with The OU Foundation Degree in Computing and IT Practice BSc (Honours) Computing and IT Postgraduate Diploma in Computing MSc in Computing Find out more about Professor Price's OU...
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Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...study aimed to understand the experience of people being a witness in the Fitness to Practise process. The research focused on cases where the witness or their family member had died or believed that someone seriously harmed them. The project involved input from members of the public, regulators, professionals, employers, lawyers and the public. Its aim was to find out...
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Bodies in transition – children starting school
Education & Development

Bodies in transition – children starting school

...study also looks at the experiences of those around them; their families, early years educators and teaching staff. I explored the perspectives of six children using three different methods. I observed them in their first few weeks in school as they experienced events such as their first lunchtime and their first assembly. Once they were full time in school, I had a Draw...
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