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Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...families. Attendees also shared their own personal experiences including examples of practice, and discussed principles to consider when facilitating outdoor and nature engagement for very young children and their families. The participants shared the professional and personal contexts which had influenced their interest in attending this session, including their...
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Video 45 mins
LGBTQ+ Hub
Education & Development

LGBTQ+ Hub

Collection of free resources exploring sexuality and LGBTQ+ history across the core faculty areas within The Open University.
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Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...Histories. What does it mean when we use the term ‘Renaissance’? This is a term still hotly debated in the field of Art History. The period in European history between c. 1400- 1600 is traditionally understood as 'the Renaissance', often celebrated as a high point in the European tradition, associated with creativity, and new inventions inspired by the revival of...
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Article 5 mins
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...family and friends who worked there, and when the dispute started the people of Dundee felt they had to be involved. We had a template if you like, from the miners’ strike ten years previous, where people from different political groups and none, all came together as part of the miner’s support group. “It really was an act of class solidarity. The Timex workforce,...
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Article 5 mins
Protest Banners
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners

Investigate how protest banners have been used throughout history, the important political messages they have conveyed and how.
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Video 20 mins
My unique path to university: more real stories
Education & Development

My unique path to university: more real stories

...family to go to University. ...This series of videos is documenting the journeys of university students from backgrounds currently underrepresented in higher education. Hannah's story Hannah shares her experience as a young carer and the first member of his family to go to university [My Path to University: Hannah's story] Simon's story Simon shares his experience of...
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Video 5 mins
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...family must pose quite different challenges from a multinational corporation with operations in many different countries. This free course introduces different types of business, depending on industry sector, size and type of ownership and discusses some of the ways in which businesses differ from each other...A small grocery store run by one person and perhaps their...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...history. Fears and anxiety manifest themselves in Islamophobic actions such as burning mosques or even attacking people physically. At the heart of such fear is ignorance. A December 2015 poll found that a majority of Americans (52 percent) do not understand Islam. In this same poll, 36 percent also said that they wanted to know more about the religion. Interestingly,...
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Article 5 mins