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Working with children and families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working with children and families

...introduction to this album. Families and origin Husband and father Calvin Wilkes discusses his attitudes to family life and living as part of a second-generation immigrant family. Life as a single parent Three different takes on aspects of family life involving divorce and living as a lone parent, and the positives and negatives encountered by in these conditions. The...
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Audio 2 hrs 46 mins
Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
Nature & Environment

Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?

...management. Jake had become very concerned about UK energy policy. This was a time when North Sea oil and gas were coming on stream and there was a rose-tinted optimism about the future of nuclear power. How about just using less energy? He set out his views in his 1975 book ‘Fuels Paradise’. At the OU Jake set up an Energy Research Group (ERG), mainly consisting of...
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Article 5 mins
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...project management. So many projects fail because consideration of the human element is omitted, or badly covered by the project manager. “Systems” has helped me to grapple with the complexities.’ The question ‘Who uses systems thinking?’ depends where you are in the world and what search terms you use. A quick internet search on ‘systems thinking’ in the UK...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
What are the secrets of enduring love?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the secrets of enduring love?

...Introduction Why this book 'And they lived happily ever after’. From fairy tales to Hollywood movies, we all know that any good love story ends this way. Just as the relationship starts, the story stops. But what happens after ‘happily ever after’? This book is all about exactly that: how you can live your life, day-to-day, over the whole of your relationship....
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Video 10 mins
Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...managed that participation with another archive project, which was The Virtual Revolution and The Virtual Revolution was a project where we took archive and we took rushes from a programme that was actually being made and we gave the public access to all of that material to make their own documentary. And that was a very successful project; people did turn up some really...
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Video 30 mins
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...Introduction - The activities in this unit are designed to support an individual or group of teachers in preparing a school-based training session for colleagues on creativity and information and communications technology (ICT) in the curriculum. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Creativity, community and ICT:...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...Introduction and guidance: What is a badged course? - OpenLearn - Open University You should be able to justify the research decisions you make. Utilising these resources will guide your ethical judgements when writing your proposal and ultimately when designing and conducting your research study. The Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (British Educational...
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Article 5 mins
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...managed a number of UK and Europe wide projects in schools and was closely involved in the development and delivery of the NOF training programme for school librarians. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Grateful...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs