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Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...University guide to referencing. Keep any direct quotations to a minimum (the panel is interested in your words not others’). Before submitting your work The academic panel will pay close attention to the way in which your proposal is structured and written, so take time to write, reflect on and revise your work before submission. Conventions in academic English are...
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What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...guiding young offenders? What's in like to mentor generally? Explore in our videos with volunteers from Enterprise Mentors...Enterprise Mentors and Prospects connects young people in Milton Keynes who have offended, or are at risk of offending, with local mentors who support them so that they can make the change towards a more positive future. The Open University is...
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How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Not everyone experiences grief in the same way. Whilst under-researched, there is evidence that neurodivergent people may experience grief, as well as the social practices around death and bereavement, differently from others. This is thought to be related to their neurodivergence – in the differences in...
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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...universities and subjects have been part of family discussion and our parental involvement has been non-assertive guiding and supportive. For me mostly it has been restricted to chauffeuring them between university and home, particularly for the elder one who was not far from Milton Keynes for his first masters. I believe the burden of parental expectations in the...
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Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...University...The Future is Open. Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications Below is a list of resources which we hope will be of interest to asylum seekers and refugees who wish to discover free online courses from The Open University and other providers. These include free courses for learning English to information about working as a...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...Beginner’s Guide’, published by OneWorld, makes an excellent starting point. What about historiography? Historiography is the writing of history, another type of source that relies on words. Where literature is often associated with art, history-writing today is associated with truth. As a result, it's a natural instinct to read ancient historians with the expectation...
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...University...All of the content listed below is free to use, including all of our OpenLearn courses. Every course offers a free statement of participation on completion (which you can download as a PDF) and some courses give you the opportunity to earn a free digital badge, which you can display and share with potential employers. In addition to the articles about mental...
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