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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...Open University's Open degree qualification. Tense parents and stressed children. A competitive high pressure home environment. Pressing kids to do well in school. Putting children through private tutoring and coaching classes with the aim of getting them into grammar schools and prestigious universities. Anxiety about educational achievement hangs over the parent–child...
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The questioning human in an AI world
Education & Development

The questioning human in an AI world

...opens a conversation rather than closes one. In a world where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly becoming part of everyday study and work, that mindset may be more important than ever. Across higher education, the use of GenAI is now widespread. Students are turning to AI tools to brainstorm ideas, check grammar, organise their thinking and, in some...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...Open University’s version of a classic simulation, known as the beer game. The beer game lets you experience problems of supply chains. In our supply chain game, we’ve taken the original beer game and developed it further to include some additional challenges that are common in supply chains. You'll manage the process for one of the UK's most popular items - cans of...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...Open University's Geography and Environmental Science degree. In ancient times, people positioned themselves using landmarks and rudimentary maps. This worked well locally, but different methods were needed for travelling further afield across featureless terrain such as sea or desert. Travellers now required a frame of reference, or co-ordinates, to fix their position....
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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...opening up the BBC's digital archive...Paul Williams Paul Williams is a wildlife photographer, and a producer at the BBC Natural History Unit. Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Paul's interest in the natural world started at a young age. He found his first fossil on a beach when he was 8 years old, and from that moment he was hooked. At University Paul studied...
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Video 30 mins
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...think it needs to be more discriminating and treat its audience sometimes as adults rather than just stupid fanatic. This audio is an extract from The Open University free taster course Contemporary Wales. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore more courses we offer in this subject area. This material is also available in Welsh on OpenLearn Cymru....
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Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...Open University’s Geography Department. [Marx as fashion] Transcript Andy Morris (AM): Hello, I'm Andy Morris and I'm joined today by my colleague from the Geography Department at The Open University, Philip O’Sullivan, to find out a little about the fascinating work and extraordinary life story of Peter Kropotkin, a Russian geographer who died almost a hundred years...
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...open debates. In this instance, the deconstruction of historical narratives refers to the use of historical epistemology to gain access to further genuine and truthful accounts of history. Examples of the uncovering of history is evident in the accounts of the Moors among other important historical figures, whose historical stories are limited or unknown. The Moors were...
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Video 25 mins