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Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model
Science, Maths & Technology

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

...worked for NASA. But on paper neither of those facts would make her stand out from the crowd. Add a few more facts – she was a woman, she was black and working in the US in the 1950s to early 1960s – and the scale of her success becomes more apparent. The film [Hidden Figures] shed slight on the status of black people in society and the role of women in the...
Skills for life
Education & Development

Skills for life

...of thinking and solve problems. They can also build your confidence both in spoken skills and for group collaboration and co-operation...Below is a selection of courses which are not focused directly on work, but rather helping you understand and build skills which are useful in everyday life. Discover the key skills for life Learn new skills to help you with finding work...
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Our partners

...work with organisations of all shapes and sizes, all around the world, to bring you free educational resources. Here's just a few of our brilliant partners who help support millions of people take their first step into learning..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ [This is the logo for Dangoor] The provision of accessible education for all is...
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Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...working and digital transformation collection, made possible by the Higher Educational Funding Council for Wales. [HEFCW logo]...Introduction to business agility: Introduction: why improve ways of working? - With the latest technology-led revolution, we have gone from the Age of Oil and Mass Production, where work was mostly repetitive and knowable, to the Age of Digital,...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...work in education, there are still ways for you to volunteer your skills and knowledge beyond your day job. Below, be inspired by three colleagues who are contributing to education in their communities. Kerrie - School governor and Chair of the PTA [Kerrie] “My volunteering is an investment in my community and an opportunity to model the values I want my children to...
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...working practices which can inform work with young people...In some people's eyes the development of relationships is a good end in itself, as it is in relationships that we express our humanity. Young people with few good-quality relationships in their lives often find that entering into informal relationships with adults who respect, accept, like and really listen to...
Citational politics
Education & Development

Citational politics

...work of those who have inspired us...‘Citation is [...] memory. Citation is how we acknowledge our debt to those who came before; those who helped us find our way when the way was obscured because we deviated from the paths we were told to follow’ (Ahmed, 2017, pp. 15–16). One of the defining features of academic writing is the practice of authors to reference, cite...
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...work. To complete this OpenLearn course you will write a short draft of the key points of the interview and reflect on your own learning biography...This free course, Continuity and learning, has a practical and professional development focus. You will explore interactive dimensions of workplace learning: how people and workplace cultures create formal, informal, planned...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs