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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
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
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
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
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
Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...become active citizens. Politicians, government bodies, and the organisations that work with them have a role to play in enabling change. The media has an important role in influencing it and informing people about politics and current affairs. Education is also essential in giving people the skills and knowledge they need to do it well. That’s why The Open University...
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Article 5 mins
Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?
Education & Development

Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?

...become an Auror despite never taking his NEWTs? Could the skills he learnt outside of the classroom at Hogwarts have made him employable? ...On the face of it, Harry Potter did not have a traditional learning experience at school. During his fifth year at Hogwarts, he achieved seven OWL passes (Ordinary Wizarding Levels). Although Harry qualified to take NEWTs (Nastily...
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Article 10 mins
Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...OU interdisciplinary module International development: making sense of a changing world, lies behind the notion of ‘Fortress Europe’ – an outside closed off from external threats and an inside of border-free travel and movement. Or, at least that was the case, until the fences and walls started to go up on the inside of Europe. The future of Europe’s...
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Article 5 mins