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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...guide for colleges and universities in December 2019, updated in January 2020. If you want to explore that in your own time, it’s approximately a 45-minute read. If you would like to explore an example of a statement, you can find the Accessibility statement for OpenLearn. There is also another OpenLearn course, Accessibility of eLearning, which you might be interested...
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...University course E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years, relevant to anyone interested in the education of 3 to 11 year old children...Primary science: supporting children’s learning: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: evaluate and advance science subject knowledge reflect upon some key scientific concepts and skills...
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...University course E313 Exploring psychological aspects of athletic development...Physical activity: a family affair: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: summarise the main research evidence of family influence on a child’s level of physical activity participation relate expectancy-value theory (Eccles, 1993; Eccles et al., 1983) to...
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...university that booze and I became properly acquainted. My memory of my first week is of social anxiety offset by cheap alcohol. It was a harbinger of the next four years. On Friday and Saturday nights, the air in Flat G4, Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds would be heavy with perfume and hair products vaporising from hair straighteners. The five of us girls who lived...
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...University, Scotland and is based in the University of Glasgow; Moira Burgess a pre-eminent bibliographer of Glasgow and analyst of Glasgow in fiction; Jimmy Boyle a graduate of Barlinnie Prison's famous Special Unit. All are experienced OU tutors. Activity 1 Listen to the audio files. You may find it helpful to listen to the recordings a second time and take notes. The...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...University course T319 Environmental management 2...Organisations, environmental management and innovation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the connections between innovation and environmental management orientated organisations explain ideas about innovation and how it shapes organisational approaches to environmental...
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...University course E236 Applying sport and exercise sciences to coaching...Training for endurance in sport and fitness: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain what is meant by the concept of endurance understand the physiological principles that underpin endurance apply a range of training techniques for endurance in practice assess...
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...University of Glamorgan, about rugby in Wales. He is an enthusiastic scholar and supporter of rugby, as well as being a co-author of the official history of the Welsh Rugby Union, Fields of Praise (University of Wales Press, 1980). Speaking about his research, Gareth explains how different aspects of Welsh culture and recent history can be viewed and understood through...