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Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Education & Development

Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students

...and McPherson, E. (2025) ‘Black student experience on an introductory STEM module: Closing the awarding gap by listening to our Black students’. In: The 13th eSTEeM Annual Conference Proceedings: Sharing Best Practice - Implementing What Works (edited by Pawley, S. and Chang, D.), 10-11 April 2024, The Open University, UK. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00102266...
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Article 5 mins
From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...work was later exposed as fraudulent; the paper was retracted and his medical licence revoked. Extensive international research has since shown conclusively that there is no link between MMR and autism. Yet the damage continues. Vaccination rates dropped, outbreaks of preventable disease followed, and some children died or suffered serious complications. Since then, other...
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How to celebrate Halloween with young children
Education & Development

How to celebrate Halloween with young children

...about how costumes are made and how special effects work. This Halloween, ask yourself: are these ideas sensitive, inclusive and age-appropriate? By focusing on kindness, fun and respect for every child’s comfort level, you can create a truly positive and sensitive Halloween experience that will create special memories and traditions for years to come. Happy Halloween!...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...worked out that any word which occurs within that particular context (a -and…) must be a noun. In other words, you've made the identification on the grounds of the function rather than the form of the word. This is usually the most dependable way of making such an identification, since a single form, such as holiday, can behave as a number of different word classes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary theories were subsequently prevented from developing and challenging the belief of special creation for some fifteen centuries, due to...
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Article 30 mins
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...works helps you build up your understanding, but your own language(s) and your knowledge of other languages can also be extremely helpful...Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish: 3.1 Recognising cognates - Box 3: Using cognates When watching videos in Spanish, you will recognise some words or phrases because they are similar to the ones used in your own...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...work together and shape the society they were living in. Five thousand years ago, writing was invented. This revolutionised the way we record history and pass knowledge on from generation to generation. But what exactly is language? By the age of three, almost all children have an expert knowledge of how to use it, but a knowledge of precisely what constitutes the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...working definition for life: ‘a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution’. Darwinian evolution is a scientific theory proposed by Charles Darwin in the 19th Century. It explains how species change over time through a process of natural selection in which they adapt to their changing environment so that they can survive and reproduce. NASA’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs