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Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...think about where your learning will take you next, we wanted to let you know about some possible routes into studying an Open University qualification. Our Access Modules An Access module is a great place to start if you want a gentle introduction to Open University study. Designed specifically for OU students, it can also help you to find out more about your interests...
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Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy
Education & Development

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

...thinking help us to understand these learning difficulties? This album offers insights into some of the problems faced by children with the developmental disorders dyslexia, poor comprehension and specific language impairment. In the main audio tracks, educators, therapists and researchers explore why children might have language and literacy difficulties, and how schools...
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Autumn on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

Autumn on OpenLearn

...think of this season. However, we say just eat what you enjoy – whether that’s being healthy or indulging in some pizza or chocolate. 5: Lose yourself in a mystery this autumn Dark nights, darker plots! Get cosy, press play, and step into the world of crime and intrigue. You can learn about crime, whodunnits, and the science and history behind them. 6: Get creative...
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Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...Systems Technician 1st Class Tyrel Maynor, USS Cleveland (LPD 7) Commanding Officer Capt. Frank McCulloch, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Sean Unterdorfer visit a patient at Cleveland's Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. ] A child gets a visit from the US Navy while in hospital. But long stays in hospital can cause some children to develop attachments to objects...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...think. Accurate readings can only be taken at noon, when the sun is at its highest in the sky. To complicate matters further, the sun rises higher in summer than in winter, and this must be allowed for in any calculation. Being so far away and only one of a myriad stars visible to the naked eye, the North Star isn't as easy to find as the sun. Furthermore, you can only...
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Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences

...systems. These are just a few examples of mathematics in our lives that immediately spring to mind, and I could go on and on. But this is not why mathematics fills me with wonder and awe. All I have said so far is that mathematics is a useful science, perhaps almost as useful as engineering. And that really would be missing the special nature of mathematics. It would be...
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...think an effective pipeline could look like let’s take some comments from Didier Drogba and Laura Georges, who are pundits for the BBC at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Drogba expressed how he saw and felt the differences when managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson, a White Swedish coach, and an Ivorian-born coach, specifically that Sven, albeit an experienced coach, didn’t have...
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How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?

...think this distinction could affect the upcoming presidential election. If people select between Clinton and Trump by using rejection rather than choice, then the information they use to make their decisions will be different. In some ways, it may be better. Voters using rejection are more deliberate. They are less likely to be swayed by unimportant information about a...
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