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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...education...Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a complex, abusive, cultural, and ritualistic harmful practice performed on millions of women and girls worldwide with many more at risk. It is a major source of concern globally, nationally and regionally, in terms of social justice, human rights, gender inequality, health and well-being and health inequalities. FGM is...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...educational linguist and Jonathan Rosa, an anthropologist in 2015. It refers to a belief that language has a role in producing racial differences and the construction of race has a role in producing differences in language. Essentially, it is a perspective that believes race and language are interrelated. Language has a role in producing racial differences and that the...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018

...education. He is raising money for a scholarship fund to help others obtain education and collecting research samples for The Open University academics. Follow his journey around the world and check out insights from our OU academics along each step of his journey. Here is Antoine Cousot’s boat in build... [Antoine's old boat] The old boat [Antoine's boat at Falmouth]...
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How can you take your teaching online?
Education & Development

How can you take your teaching online?

...educational content online. The Open University has long been a front-runner in distance learning, specifically online. Did you also know that we provide FREE content on OpenLearn, written by Open University academics? We offer a variety of FREE courses, interactives, academic insights and animations on a range of subjects. We also have some comprehensive courses to show...
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Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...Education. WHAT: Our aim is to document, engage with and share the knowledge and lived experiences gathered at the conferences and future events in an accessible manner. HOW: We aim to operate on both digital and physical spaces by working with those who share an interest in advocating and exploring the cultural elements of Hip Hop cultures as an educational tool....
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Dive into World Ocean Day with OpenLearn
Science, Maths & Technology

Dive into World Ocean Day with OpenLearn

...our collection of free educational resources about Earth’s oceans - and oceans beyond...Discover the wonders of our oceans - on Earth and beyond. From interactive games like Ocean Explorer to free courses and thought-provoking articles (including oceans in space!), this collection brings together a wealth of learning to inspire curiosity and care for our marine world....
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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...education seems to be subsumed by processes and structures, dominated by an overemphasis on what might be seen as component parts of any wider goal (e.g. types of behaviour, grades, particular bits of subject knowledge, certain skills, school identity). Consequently, many learners can be disabled by what schools offer and expect. [teacher telling off a chilld] Doing the...
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University

...education for all. Over fifty years on, we continue to widen access to education by providing a range of scholarships and bursaries that will forever change the lives of disabled veterans, carers and students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who may otherwise miss out on the transformative power of education...[Open Future banner] Transcript Open Futures Fund We believe...
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