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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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The history of soapmaking
History & The Arts

The history of soapmaking

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Making soap] [The Sumerians] used a slurry of ashes and water to remove grease from raw wool and cloth so that it could be dyed. Sumerian priests and temple attendants purified themselves before sacred rites, and in the absence of soap, they too probably used ashes and water. The slippery solutions clean because the...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...open, and for the government to now take steps, through the inquiry launched by the Digital Media Culture and Sport Department, to delve into this murky world in television and to hopefully find ways and means to encourage and perhaps enforce better standards of practice across the broadcast media industry. Heading off harm There is a wide range of potential harms of...
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Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Open University course K240 Mental health and community....Work and mental health: Introduction - In this free course, Work and mental health, you will explore how employment affects mental health and consider the way in which people can be supported back to work. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K240 Mental health and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...Open University course B629 Marketing and finance...Stakeholders in marketing and finance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and identify customers, consumers and clients and their needs and expectations apply these ideas to a work context and recognise customers, consumers and clients and their needs and expectations...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Dive deeper with these extra articles
Society, Politics & Law

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...Open University Research website: Interrogating identity and citizenship through art Here on OpenLearn, discover how people came together to consider how we make sense of questions of citizenship at a time when those questions are so contentious: Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change? Another recent research project that used creative methods to...
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Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...How do you tell someone that they're dying? And how will they respond to the news? Did you know death, dying and bereavement has been a major research and teaching theme at the OU for over twenty years? Find out more on our research page. We have curated a collection of free learning content from OpenLearn to open up the subject. Take a look at the extra resources below....
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Article 15 mins
Cider with Rosie
History & The Arts

Cider with Rosie

...What happened next and walk with Laurie Lee The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the other books in the series. If you're inspired to try writing some fiction of your own, OpenLearn has plenty of courses, podcasts and advice to turn your ideas into reality. Take your interest further by finding out what it's like to study Creative Writing at the Open University....
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