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How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Not everyone experiences grief in the same way. Whilst under-researched, there is evidence that neurodivergent people may experience grief, as well as the social practices around death and bereavement, differently from others. This is thought to be related to their neurodivergence – in...
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Article 5 mins
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...out to explore some of the key issues around teaching science in secondary schools. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon and develop your practice as a science teacher. You will also develop a greater awareness of the wider context of science education and how this affects science in the secondary school curriculum. Section 1 examines how...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...Burn (Mentor): It’s quite a complex role in that it embodies lots of different things. I mean you’re essentially responsible for the school-based training of the student teacher so that at one level it has kind of management aspects that you’re planning a timetable for them, working out sort of what proportion of lessons for them to be involved with, how much time...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Timeline: Financial Services
Money & Business

Timeline: Financial Services

Insurance, ATMs on every corner and PayPal might be products and services we take for granted nowadays but when were these all introduced? Find out in our timeline...
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Activity 15 mins
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...burning of the ‘commando order’. The ‘commando order’ was sent directly from Hitler and decreed that Allied commandos who were captured should be killed. Clearly, this order required that Rommel violate the rules of war concerning the treatment of prisoners (and the rules of war concerning the treatment of prisoners derive from the JiB condition of discrimination...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE
Health, Sports & Psychology

Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE

...out about The Open University’s Languages, cultures and communication courses. In April 2024, The Open University (OU) held an online meeting attended by over 150 participants to launch the new Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course on European crime fiction. The meeting featured a discussion between Bill Alder of the OU and acclaimed crime fiction author...
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Video 30 mins
Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...out about possible genetic conditions in their newborn babies at an early stage. For some families, this could mean a diagnosis before symptoms appear – and access to care that could make a life-changing difference. Emily Darlington, MP for Milton Keynes Central, introduces the study through this video, and encourages people to learn more about the project or to get...
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Video 5 mins
Exploring wave motion
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring wave motion

...out when they pass through an aperture. Using a laser and a diffraction grating, he shows that light waves spread out in the same way. The album draws on material originally created to support The Open University course Exploring Science... Exploring wave motion A brief introduction to this album. Properties of waves Andrew Norton uses a ripple tank to demonstrate some...
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