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Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...opened one up, started it, didn’t need any qualifications back then, and then I took myself off to college and did an NNEB, 9.30 until 2.30 every day and took the boys to school. So I whizzed off to college, did that, and then I’m currently doing my foundation degree, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s made me reflect on my own practice a lot, and sort of rather...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...Open University course SDK100 Science and health: an evidence-based approach, which forms the entry module in our undergraduate degree in Health Sciences....Session 1: Introducing human infectious diseases: Introduction - Most people on Earth experience at least one episode of an infectious disease every year. Although the majority recover, hundreds of millions suffer...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...Open University's Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. A...
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Article 10 mins
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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Article 5 mins
Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update

...open pyramid that offered genuine opportunities for clubs to progress to the next level whilst maintaining relegation. WSL teams performing consistently in the UEFA Champions League. Commercial sponsorships that are different to the men’s teams at the same club. Greater diversity in the profile of professional players. As the 2025 edition of the Euros approaches it is...
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Article 5 mins
What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?
Education & Development

What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?

...Open University discussing her research on how inclusion is conceptualised by teachers in three different countries. As you listen, you might want to reflect on her suggestion that a universal understanding of inclusion may not be possible or desirable – do you agree? Transcript Are there steps teachers, schools, and policy-makers can follow to help make inclusion a...
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Article 5 mins
Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...Open University during Black History Month in 2020, I discussed the early emergence of Black Majority Churches. In the talk I wanted to highlight a few themes: Diversity and significance While ‘Black Majority Church(es)’ has been adopted by many Black Christian leaders as an umbrella label, this represents a significant theological and ecclesiological diversity. Many...
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Video 40 mins
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...Open University tried to make their module more inclusive and relatable to the diverse student demographic...Scholars have increasingly come to recognise that Religious Studies as a discipline is based on the legacies of a colonial worldview, i.e. that what we have classified as religious beliefs and practices have used criteria drawn from white Anglo-European...
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Article 25 mins