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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...learning around the curriculum. So while we can’t guarantee there is content on every topic you are studying, with 350+ articles, courses and interactives hand-picked for you, we’re confident there will something that will meet your needs. Everything on this hub (and on OpenLearn) is free to use, and we would also encourage it to be used inside the classroom too!...
Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth
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Accredited CPD Courses for Career Growth

...learning. Share your achievements – Display badges on LinkedIn, e-portfolios or social media. Learn flexibly online – Short, engaging courses that fit your schedule. Explore CPD Courses Why Choose Our CPD Courses? [CPD Standards Office logo]All 24-hour badged courses on OpenLearn have successfully completed a CPDSO assessment process and are awarded CPDSO...
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...learning (and teaching), we are working across boundaries of knowledge and creating new knowledge from various sources. C.P. Snow famously talked of “two cultures” in the sciences and arts with a ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension’ (Snow, 1965) between the two. Each ‘sect’ saw their own disciplines as being superior in their contribution to humanity and believed...
Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences
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Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences

...learn more about the world, and space, we live in...Have you ever wondered how scientists equip space missions with the technology they need to analyse the planets? Or how pieces of space rock can be picked apart in the laboratory to tell us about the history of the Solar System? In this collection you will learn how early career scientists within the School of Physical...
Reading communities: why, what and how?
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Reading communities: why, what and how?

...fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics or magazines? Create your own library shelf: Bring books from home and add new ones you’ve read from the class library. This will enable you to discuss/recommend these texts. If you want to get to know the children’s preferences and practices as readers beyond school, then creating 24-Hour Reads, Reading Rivers or Graffiti Walls...
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
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Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...about some key Black and Minority Ethnic figures from the LGBTQI+ community...Marsha P. Johnson24 August 1945 – 6 July 1992 No pride for some of us without liberation for ALL of us. [A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson] Marsha P. Johnson was a black trans woman, LGBTQ+ activist and is reported to be one of the central figures (alongside Sylvia Rivera) of the historical
Building confidence in using online forums
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Building confidence in using online forums

Learn about the benefits of online learning forums, with strategies for participating more fully...Are you studying online? Do you need to use online learning forums as part of your online studies? Do you sometimes feel nervous or anxious about posting your thoughts on an online learning forum? Are you sometimes anxious about what other learners might think of what you...
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...learning systems. Sustainable campus initiatives Most HE institutions have established sustainability policies to manage campus buildings and site operations, for example, regarding building construction and operations, procurement processes, information and communication technologies (ICT) systems efficiency, pollution control, water and waste management, and campus...