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...OU staff and students on topics that might affect their wellbeing and mental health. [This is a poster from a Black Lives Matter protest of 2020] A poster from a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 We were also inspired by others who were making a stand against systemic racism. [A photograph of footballer Marcus Rashford kneeling on a football pitch] Marcus Rashford is...

...OU in Scotland...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree qualification I am the Partnerships Manager for the Young Applicants in Schools Scheme (YASS) which offers S6 pupils in Scotland, a national bridging programme, for those looking to go on to Higher Education or college after school. The opportunity to study university-level modules helps YASS students...

...students to become more independent. This course is based on a learner-centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – the idea that students will construct knowledge and understanding for themselves as a result of activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by Gary Spruce: An introduction to...

...students to become more independent and to use their own initiative, looking less often to their teacher for direction, then you will want to use other ways to assess that allow students to become more self-reliant and active in their learning. Activity 3 Deciding what, how and when to assess Timing: Allow about 2 hours Part 1 Think about the last work that you marked...

...OU a couple of years before me. He said that the course was easy to understand and worked well around football. Support from the PFA "We travel a lot, sometimes twice a week for away games, but even in a hotel room you can do your work. I like the fact that I had the flexibility to get on and do my work on flights or at different clubs but keep up with my workload. My...

...become an excellent opportunity for you to ‘listen’ to students. Sharing your marking policy and criteria with students before setting work enables them to think about their work in relation to the criteria. This is one way that you can involve students in the assessment of their learning. To support learning, the monitoring and assessment that take place in the...