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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...writing and other communication more effective. So, in this course you will see how studying grammar as a tool for meaning-making has numerous useful applications in the real world of professional practice and everyday communication. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E304 Exploring English Grammar. Brief definitions of words in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...writing TMAs, revising for exams, or for making links with later parts of the course. As students you will be using a variety of course materials and you will make notes in a variety of ways probably. You will be using course books, which you may be reading, or listening to on tape, course cassettes like this one you will be listening to, watching TV programmes and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...will work with the interviews to write papers and design teaching materials. They will also be presented in ways that connect them all on the Stories of Change web platform. To find out more about the project please go to http://storiesofchange.ac.uk/. To listen to the interviews head over to the main Stories of Change page. [Arts and Humanities Research Council Logo]...
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Article 5 mins
Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...writing CV’s and attending interviews to help Kickstart employees into sustainable employment should they progress permanently into an organisation from their existing Kickstart placement or need support for their next job or learning opportunity. [Lady working by a window] Each course comes with a statement of participation and a digital badge, allowing learners and...
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Article 5 mins
Endgame - Regicide
History & The Arts

Endgame - Regicide

...write, Cromwell grabbed his hand and forced him to sign his name. Bowing to the inevitable, Charles met his end with great fortitude. On 30th January 1649, he climbed the specially - erected scaffold outside Banqueting House to face execution. Re-affirming his allegiance to Anglicanism and his innocence of the charges, executioner Brandon then severed his head with one...
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Article 5 mins
This Sporting Planet
Society, Politics & Law

This Sporting Planet

...writes extensively on political issues, including the political and social significance of sport and critical debates about the governance of sport. Academic Perspective Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, discusses her interest in sport and talks us through the content of the course and this album. Academic Perspective 2 Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, talks...
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Audio 1 hr 29 mins
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...writing in a notebook.] Activity 1 What do I ‘know’ already? Timing: Allow 10 minutes to complete Make a list of the sorts of things you think you already know that might be useful to you if you were practising as a social worker. Discussion Here are some example suggestions that might be similar to yours: I know about some of the services that are relevant and who...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...write three bullet points that capture what you think influences your ideas about the purposes of education...Supporting children’s learning in primary education today: 1.2 An overview of primary education today - In each UK nation – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – children aged three to four years old are entitled to free early education from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs