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5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students
Education & Development

5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students

...adapt it for what works for you. There are even apps that can help. 5 Use the support on offer [Male student in headphones making video call using laptop] It can be all too easy to try and find all the solutions yourself but you don’t have to. Talking about the challenges you face with your tutor or Student Support Team can help you discover solutions that are tailored...
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Start writing essays
History & The Arts

Start writing essays

...adapts her techniques for exams and assignments. With tips shared from Professor Richard Dawkins, TV personality Matthew Kelly, former MP Brian Walden, Baroness Helena Kennedy, journalist John Pilgner and radio presenters John Humphrys and Peter White. This material forms part of The Open University course A172 Start writing essays... Start writing essays An introduction...
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...adapted from the audio material for The Open University course L140 En rumbo: intermediate Spanish... Introduction ¡Hola! Bienvenidos a los materiales de En Rumbo, el curso de español de nivel intermedio de la Open University. Personal information part 1 We’re going to listen to street interviews with eight people from different parts of the world giving basic...
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Audio 35 mins
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...et ‘Tit Edvard dans le grand Nord, the second tale in a trilogy by Cajun poet and singer-songwriter Zachary Richard, which also includes Conte cajun: L’histoire de Télesphore et de ‘Tit Edvard and Les aventures de Télesphore et ‘Tit Edvard au Vieux Pays. Likewise, Cajun culture and French in Louisiana seem very much alive, for the tales are written in French...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...Adaptability and resilience may be today’s buzzwords but this is the way that cities – and those making policies that affect cities – need to think to keep them working well.” Martin leads a major research project aimed at understanding transitions through boom, bust and austerity for UK cities, and the lessons that can be learned from the past 50 years of...
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Introduction to analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to analysis

...adapted extract from the Open University course M208 Pure mathematics...Introduction to analysis: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: find a rational and an irrational number between any two distinct real numbers solve inequalities by rearranging into simpler equivalent forms and solve inequalities involving modulus signs state and use...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to group theory

...adapted extract from the Open University course M208 Pure mathematics...Introduction to group theory: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain what is meant by a symmetry of a plane figure find the composite of two symmetries find the inverse of a symmetry determine whether a given set and binary operation form a group by checking...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to linear equations and matrices
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to linear equations and matrices

...adapted extract from the Open University course M208 Pure mathematics...Introduction to linear equations and matrices: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: use the method of Gauss-Jordan elimination to find the solutions of systems of simultaneous linear equations solve a system of linear equations by row-reducing its augmented form...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs