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Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...work and then in charities across adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying my various work roles, I began to be a bit more worried about everything, doubting...
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David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...work, in song titles such as ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ and ‘Life On Mars?’ He is a key figure in the relationship between science fiction and pop music, most obviously for two pieces of work. First is his 1969 single ‘Space Oddity’, a response both to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the US Apollo programme, which reached its climax...
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World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai

...working in the appalling textile factories. Read her story here... Alexandra Kollontai 1872 - 1952 Russia Revolutionary Politics [Alexandra Kollontai image] Photograph of Alexandra Kollontai In pre-revolutionary Russia, aristocratic women’s lives were expected to revolve around domesticity and family responsibilities. Alexandra Kollontai, however, who was inspired by...
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Start your career with OpenLearn
Education & Development

Start your career with OpenLearn

...Work' area on OpenLearn to help you enhance your work skills. Succeed in the workplace Whatever career path you choose to take, there are skills that will be relevant to them all – team work, communication, leadership… and you’ll find them all in our collection of ‘soft skills’ courses, as approved by Google. You can also check out our full collection of badged...
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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...working in the civil service in 1950s British Guiana, to settle in Manchester? And who could have predicted the impact she would have as she worked with the African Caribbean communities there?...Early life and career Betty Luckham (then Thompson) was born in 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana (since February 1966, the independent Republic of Guyana). The Thompsons were a...
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A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...worked for BBC Northern Ireland for four years before moving to London and joining Newsbeat in 2022. During the Covid-19 pandemic he presented Coronavirus Catch-up on BBC iPlayer. He’s been heard across Radio 4, 5Live and the BBC World Service, and is a regular reporter for The Catch-Up on BBC Three. [Photograph of our guest, Leesa Harker.]Guest: Leesa Harker, writer...
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My career goal: Environment
Nature & Environment

My career goal: Environment

...work, or more industrial work like food farming and sustainable energy? Find out how you can gather skills and carry out work that will have a real impact on our relationship with the environment...This video explores the conflicts of interest between local people, visitors, quarrying and farming in the Peak District National Park. Park Rangers often try to resolve...
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Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...work already taking place across the UK through initiatives with partners. The Open University has co-produced three programmes in the season and the first two will be aired shortly. To celebrate the season, we have pulled together content from OpenLearn to get you delving into the Digital World! Order your FREE information pack - 'Digital Technology Past and Present'...
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