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PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...University's Rules of the Game...This article is adapted from The Rules Of The Game, a BBC/Open University co-production from 2002. As such, some topical references might have dated. We're leaving the article here for historical context. See our latest content about football [PY with a football] A football team is not like other businesses – it can never be in a...
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...University of Chicago Press. Available at: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo38181464.html English, R. (2021) ‘The accidental home educator: a new conceptualisation of home education choice’, in R. English (ed.) Global Perspectives on Home Education in the 21st Century (pp. 30–48). IGI Global. Available at:
Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...University course S317 Biological science: from genes to species...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe how natural selection drives changes in allele frequencies, using mosquito resistance to insecticides as an example...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: 1 The ester1 allele - In the 1960s,...
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...universities. Developing a reflexive action research project If you are thinking of developing a project tackling issues of race at your place of educational practice, you might want to access reading lists and a learning group of fellow professionals, which you could find in a postgraduate programme of study. (The Open University offers several part-time postgraduate...
Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...University’s (OU) Learning Design Team has created a set of resources to help prompt initial thoughts and discussions about embedding sustainability in course design. The aim is to encourage educators to reflect on whether sustainability can be included in the course design, and to flag that support is available. The United Nations (UN) defines sustainability as...
How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...University of South Carolina, explains, ‘I have become convinced that we do not have a race problem in policing, rather we have a race problem in society that is reflected in policing’ (Peeples, 2020, p. 23). If we believe this is true, then we have much collective work to do. In order to address racial inequality and disproportionality in the criminal justice system,...
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Waste management and environmentalism in China: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify some of the environmental impacts of economic growth understand some concepts to more sustainably manage waste and resources identify some of the emerging social responses to...
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...University course, K318 Leading, managing, caring...Unlock the secrets to becoming an effective and empathetic leader with our free course, Approaching leadership with care. Delve into the core concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself. This course is designed to help you define your...
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