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Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...Open University course W360 Justice in Action....Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work: Introduction - Policy research involves investigating the current operation of an area of the law in order to inform, improve or update the law itself or how it is used in practice. This is important so that individuals can easily understand their legal rights and how to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...Open University (OU), and if you are an OU student there are lots of ways that OpenLearn can support your formal studies. As well as enabling you to research your next module, find additional study materials and develop study skills, your OpenLearn profile links to your OU student profile to help showcase all of your achievements together. Using OpenLearn as an Open...
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Article 5 mins
Art history in Wales
Education & Development

Art history in Wales

...Open Qualifications...Find out more about The Open University's Art History courses I am the Chair of the Open Qualifications at The Open University, including the Open Degree and Open Masters, and I was part of the team that developed YXM130. What excited me about the development of the module was the way it allowed learners to take control of ......
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Sounds harmonious
Science, Maths & Technology

Sounds harmonious

...Open University's Alan Graham shares his wealth of knowledge on the relationship between music and math, demonstrates many easy-to-follow theories and examples, and performs several pieces of traditional music with his band Betty's Kitchen. This material forms part of The Open University course MU120 Open mathematics... Sounds harmonious As per album description Music and...
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English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...Source reference: The Open University (2007) Figure 5 Noun groups used to label a diagram...Week 8: Structuring sentences and word groups: 2.6 Learning to recognise and use noun groups - Perhaps the most effective way to learn how to use noun groups is by noticing them in your readings and then trying to express yourself in the same way when writing formal texts....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...opened and many older universities expanding their numbers. One man, Asa Briggs, played significant roles at the first of the new universities of the decade, the University of Sussex located just outside Brighton, which opened in 1961, and the last university to open in that decade, The Open University, based in Milton Keynes, which opened in 1969. After having been...
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The hidden history of learning disability
Society, Politics & Law

The hidden history of learning disability

...Open University, features people with learning disabilities sharing their experiences first-hand with historians and social researchers on equal terms. The significance of capturing real-life stories through oral history is described by one academic contributor as a way of showing people ‘not as victims but as survivors’, while for another it ‘opens your eyes to...
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Digital & Computing

Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...Open University address the UK’s skills shortage and will open doors to better opportunities...Update your IT and Computing Skills Skilled IT professionals are very much in demand and Computing and IT is a rapidly growing sector of employment. Gain more digital skills with our free courses. Find out more about Computing and IT qualifications at The Open University and a...
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