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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...management teams) can make a huge difference. Practical actions from recent research Below is an accessible, thematic summary of recommendations from selected studies. Each theme contains the core steps research shows can help close awarding gaps. 1. Make expectations clear – especially for unfamiliar tasks Many students who feel less socially ‘at home’ in higher...
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Article 5 mins
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...management guru William Edward Deming captured this notion through his 85/15 rule, which says that 85 percent of the problems in any organization are system-related while only 15 percent are worker-related’ (Davis, 2016). Does the reliance on the ‘bad apples’ explanation reflect the challenge that Critical Race Theory illuminates and the concept of ‘institutional...
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Article 10 mins
World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!

...manager in Ronald Koeman. Turkey have some outstanding young players and Senegal were impressive in the African Cup of Nations, despite being disqualified in the final for walking off the pitch in protest against a refereeing decision. While Senegal also have a squad full of current and former Premier League players such as Sadio Mané, Nicolas Jackson, Ismaila Sarr,...
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Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...managers would get over four times the cash payment of nurses delivering direct clinical care. A newly qualified registered nurse would see their salary increase by just over £1,300 to just under £27,500 while the highest paid senior managers would receive an increase of almost £5,500 to over £113,000. Scot's nurses 'sick of living on poverty line' gear up for strike...
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Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course in this start-of-course survey. We welcome your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...Introduction - ‘Three is a crowd’, the saying goes. But what, exactly, is a crowd? And what, exactly, is the ‘three’ (i.e. the three individuals) that supposedly already constitutes ‘a crowd’? These are intricate questions for psychologists and other social scientists who have always been fascinated by these questions and come up with widely diverging answers...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Introduction - In this free course, The family at the centre of early learning, you will explore the effect of family on children’s early development. The eminent child psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner remarked, ‘every child needs an adult who is crazy about him (or her) in order to grow up’ (Bronfenbrenner, cited in Penn, 2008, p. 46). Such key adults are often...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs