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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

...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 increasingly denounced through international and national legislation in many parts of the world, including in the UK and Ireland. It is a significant safeguarding and child protection issue. FGM inflicts...
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...to services is equitable and not interrupted. Families already understand the source of their conflict with schools, but they might use the framework to communicate and negotiate with schools and services. Key messages for policymakers At a four nations policy level, the study’s recommendations include: Specific, ongoing training in inclusive practice, working in partnership with children and their families for those ......
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...sources provide insight into the lives and struggles of non-elite women. This, too, is a part of women’s history which needs to be told. This implicit silencing of women who do not fit a narrative of exceptional effort in the cause of female equality limits our understanding of women’s history as rich and complex, intersected by questions of class and race. It also...
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...Open University. It can also be used as Continuing Professional Development by individuals or groups of teachers. The authors have many years’ experience of teaching mathematics in the classroom and in Initial and Continuing Teacher Education...This free course, Teaching mathematics, has been designed for non-specialist mathematics teachers of 8 to 14 year olds,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?
History & The Arts

Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?

...sources, like New York Times reporters, who didn’t understand or prioritize complexities of identity and just called everyone “men” in articles that are now primary sources. Some came from within the LGBT community, which, dusting itself off and finding that it suddenly was a community, suffered from infighting — RadFems and Lesbian Liberation Movement members...
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Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...Open power craft 120 000 20 Motor cruisers 67 000 10 TOTALS 610 000 100 Source: O'Connor, M., 1978, Management and Design in the British Small Boat Industry, Report to the Design Council. In terms of physical properties alone, GRP is an excellent boat-building material because of its high stiffness and high specific strength. Chopped strand mat (CSM), where randomly...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...Open University course Q91 Business Management...Facilitating group discussions: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key skills and behaviours required to facilitate a group discussion prepare effectively before facilitating a meeting consider some of the difficult behaviours that can occur in meetings think of some...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...Open University course EE817 Applied linguistics and English language...Language in the real world: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and describe the key features of (human) language and languages understand what applied linguistics is explore different contexts where language is a central issue...Language in the real...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs