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Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...OU Economics Seminar Series on the crisis in care. What are the benefits that may come from care-led recovery? Dr Jerome De Henau is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Open University, principal investigator on international projects for organisations including the ILO (International Labour Organization) and FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies), and...
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Video 3 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...students, where to be flexible in your mindset and where you want to be in 10 years time is just a different way of working. And I think the workplace is changing, be that flexible working hours, more entrepreneurial working relationships. I just think the way that countries and cities and financial services now work is all changing a lot. There's a lot of remote working...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Student Experience Manager, Law, The OU Law School, Faculty of Business and Law); Fiona MacKinnon (Staff Tutor, Nursing, School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, WELS); Gavin Williams (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Roisin McPhilemy (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Sue...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy
Education & Development

Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy

Student mental health is a critical issue in higher education today, with academics, universities, politicians and popular media terming it a ‘crisis’. Research shows that mental health difficulties have a serious effect on students’ likelihood of attaining their study goals. EdD student Kate Lister explains why she chose this area of research and how she has set up...
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Article 5 mins
The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...OU are working together to analyse how attendees interact with the walk. In this article we’re reflecting on the experiences of Andrew, one of the Café’s volunteers. It is thanks to the generosity of local volunteers like Andrew that the Café and its activities have been so successful. To set the scene, the Café is held at and hosted by volunteers from St....
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Article 10 mins
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...OU Open Justice Centre and OU Law School students, with law school students across eight universities, collaborated and participated on a project that explored race and policing in the US and the UK. The race and policing project focus was, in part, to explore, analyse, and explain the ways race and racism intersect in public institutions and society more broadly. It has...
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Article 10 mins
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...students’ learning. This is developed in Section 3, which examines how students can be engaged in the nature of science through practical work and other experiences. The final section focuses on why dealing with controversial issues in science education is important and the approaches that teachers can take. This course examines science education from a learner-centred...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Why do birds eat plastic?
Nature & Environment

Why do birds eat plastic?

...OU's Miranda Dyson explains...[Albatross at Midway Atoll Refuge showing the plastic rubbish in its stomach] The unaltered stomach contents of a dead albatross chick photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific in September 2009 include plastic marine debris fed the chick by its parents. We have all seen pictures of dead birds and whales and other...
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Article 5 mins