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Family summer learning hub
Education & Development

Family summer learning hub

The school holidays are here, but learning doesn't have to stop! Check out our range of fun FREE games, interactives, animations and courses - perfect for the whole family to enjoy together.
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World Poetry Day
History & The Arts

World Poetry Day

21st March is World Poetry Day. Take a look at a range of powerful poems in our poetry prescription tool, view our videos and try a range of free courses...The videos
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National Coding Week
Digital & Computing

National Coding Week

National Coding Week is here and this year's theme focuses on AI - so delve into our FREE courses, articles and video content on all things to do with coding and artificial intelligence.
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Dr Vicky Taylor on her work with Asian Elephants
Science, Maths & Technology

Dr Vicky Taylor on her work with Asian Elephants

Dr Vicky Taylor describes her work with Asian elephants and how the partnership with Woburn Safari Park contributes to our courses...Explore the OU/BBC series Vicky Taylor was academic advisor for
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Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering

...open in 2020), will provide an east-west link across London, transform the way commuters travel in and out of the city and the South East and increase rail capacity in the capital by around 10%. The new 200-metre-long trains (the length of two football pitches!) will allow space for 1,500 passengers. With over 100 kilometres of new train lines and ten new stations, the...
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Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation
Society, Politics & Law

Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation

...Open University’s Centre for Policing Research and Learning, this relates to victims of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO). The impact of trauma in the workplace Trauma can present in several ways in the workplace. Employees with trauma may struggle with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While this can impact on their general welfare...
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Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...Open University speaks to experts from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and looks at ways in which art historians are responding to a changing world...Transcript ‘Not a lot of people meet the term Art History, or History of Art, at school. It’s not something that’s widely taught’, admits Sarah Victoria Turner, the current Director of the Paul...
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Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport

...Open University. She’ll be tuning into the Tokyo Paralympics, but with mixed feelings, as she explains...“I’m mad about disability sport and love learning new things”, says Yasmin who’s just completed her first year of a Sports, Fitness and Coaching degree with the OU. Having left school after her GCSEs, she began a career working in design. Always a keen...
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