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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...opens doors to cultures, have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, very much so, very much so. You can get under the skin of a culture in the way that you can’t if you don’t speak the language, and you can make connections with people, have very immediate connections with them if you...
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An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...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 educational leadership. You can also access the other courses in this collection: Inclusive education: knowing what we mean and Teamwork: an introduction for school governors. The course considers some of the key...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...Open University course, K318 Leading, managing, caring...Unlock the secrets to becoming an effective and empathetic leader with our free course, Approaching leadership with care. Delve into the core concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself. This course is designed to help you define...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Background There is no figure so mystified as the sex worker. She is either a whore who must be punished, a fallen woman (and it is always believed to be just women who are sex workers) who must be saved, or a public health hazard who must be stopped to save society from her immorality and disease. However, for several decades sex...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...open to the public. ...Krishan Arora Krishan is a consultant and producer. He is currently the International Content Consultant for Australian public channel SBS Television. He was previously at the BBC in London, first as Commissioning Executive for specialist factual documentaries and then as the Independents Executive, responsible for the BBC’s strategic relationship...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...open to the public...Krishan Arora Krishan Arora is a consultant and producer. He is currently the International Content Consultant for Australian public channel SBS Television. He was previously at the BBC in London, first as Commissioning Executive for specialist factual documentaries and then as the Independents Executive, responsible for the BBC’s strategic...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...Open University initiative finds out...[Older woman and young woman on a hommock next to a lake] It is great for everybody to get outdoors once in a while. But that is not so easy if you are living with dementia living either in community, or in a care home. The Parks Trust in Milton Keynes and The Open University are working together to evaluate a new initiative - 5 Ways...
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Open University first opened its doors, the average life expectancy in the United Kingdom was 71.8 years (World Bank, 2018). Half a century later in 2019 when the ‘University of the Air’ is celebrating its 50th birthday, the average number of years that a person is expected to live for has increased to 81.05 years (Sanders, 2018). As the Open University looks to...
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