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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...Sources of racial and gender disproportionality in school punishment’, The Urban Review, 34(4), pp. 317–342. Stevens. P. (2007) ‘Researching race/ethnicity and educational inequality in English secondary schools: A critical review of the research literature between 1980 and 2005’, Review of Educational Research, 77(2), pp. 147–185. Strand, S. (2014)...
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Article 10 mins
The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System

...source of energy. If micro-organisms exist within Enceladus’s ocean, whole cells, or the molecules they produce, might be ejected into space in the plumes. This means that a spacecraft need not sample the ocean – or even land on the surface at all – to search for life at Enceladus; it could simply fly through the plumes to capture ejected materials. Cassini did...
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Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Engaging with children and young people: Introduction - Perhaps more than any other engagement, the first encounter that a young person has with police can form their perception for years to come. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children 2013-2014, Baroness Massey of Darwen, is...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Revision and examinations: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: manage time more effectively when revising and in the exam itself learn, or brush up on, revision and exam skills feel equipped to approach exams with less anxiety and stress...Revision and examinations: 1 Revision and exams...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...opening up private and public archives, as well as the conservation of king cobras, environmental filmmakers around the world, and the box office success of River Monsters. ...Harry Marshall Harry is the Creative Director of Icon Films – a long established award-winning, UK independent production company. Over the last 25 years Icon Films has produced over 290 hours of...
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Video 30 mins
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...Open University; Ruth Lister Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University; Helen Meekosha a leading campaigner for the rights of disabled people in Australia; Fiona Williams Professor of Social Policy at Leeds University; Madeleine Arnot Professor of Sociology in education at Cambridge University. Activity 1 Listen to the audio file. You may find it helpful to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Teaching secondary geography: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline the nature of geographical concepts and the enquiry approach, and explain their significance in geographical learning explain modes of creativity and the stages of the ‘creative’ process in...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...Open University courses. You may have other experiences of studying. What sort of activities do you expect to engage in when you study a course? What sorts of activities have in the past been most effective in enabling you to learn? These questions are easier to answer if you think back to a specific course or other learning experience. What did you actually do? What were...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs