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Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself, but they say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families. Exactly what Trump is suggesting doing is not clear here, so let us examine some of the different possibilities. Protecting human shields Some might argue Trump was merely making the point that regardless of the...
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Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...out for you? It might be particular incidents, particular lessons, particular teachers, or a generalised sense of some sort, or an emotional response, or it might be all of these, and much more. Discussion Wait until you have some spare time and feel willing to be introspective. Start making some notes in response to this task, and continue adding to them. Starting to...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Encouraging book talk in the school library: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: clarify ideas on literacy criticism explore with pupils what makes a good book produce a range of writing frames to encourage pupils to write book reviews encourage pupils...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...in this course, which is to offer you a point at which to stop so that you can work out your response to a question, and then read our discussion. The stopping-point is signalled as an ‘Exercise’, followed by a pause, and then ‘Discussion’. We hope that this system will give you the feel of a dialogue such as you would have in a tutorial, with tutor and other students. You will get the best results if you actively engage ......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...out for special consideration? How does this approach compare with your own experiences of children and young people’s participation? On pages 10 and 11 of the Participation Guide, the authors identify what they think child participation is designed to provide and promote for Ugandan children. We have listed these in the first column of Table 1 below. In the second...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...out these FREE resources collated by the Black student and Mental Health declarations working group set up as part of The Open University’s Access and Participation Plan...We did it! The role of study support in student success Transcript ‘We did it! The role of study support in student success’ was created by Suki Haider, Alice Uwizera, Allan Kavuma, John Butcher,...
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A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...out to Black citizens. The Metropolitan Police has the greatest number of Black, Asian and minority ethnic officers of any UK force: 5,000 out of 32,600. However, London is made up of 40% Black and Minority Ethnic citizens while the Metropolitan Police ranks constitute only 15.4% of these communities. Although Black people make up 14% of London’s population, they...
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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...out and cut up]Figure 6 A heap of possible keywordsShow descriptionAn illustration of a heap of small tiles or pieces of paper, each with a single word printed on it. You might want to try Devyani’s method, or you could try this quick activity from The Open University to get started on finding good keywords. Going back to the example research question we used in Article...
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