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Academic Practice Films
Education & Development

Academic Practice Films

From a summary of referencing to top tips from a student, this series of five short videos explores academic integrity in more depth...What is academic integrity? Transcript What is referencing? Transcript What happens to my assignment after I submit it? Transcript Myth busting! Transcript Top tip from a student Transcript
FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...students, who still face an opportunity deficit in Nepal as they are more likely to be sent to CG schools than boys. [Photo of some students working together] [Photo of students working] Due to weak financial backgrounds, most CG schools, unlike private schools, do not have the necessary infrastructure, resources and skilled teaching staff to provide their students with...
Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...become for a short while “the kind of life that can be told as a story – that is, one in which events appear to have meaning”. As the astounding news breaks that she is to publish a second novel, Harper Lee must be feeling like her life has become a story – a story which the meaning of remains just a little hidden and mysterious. [Harper Lee and George W Bush] The...
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...students who lack motivation to read, argues Teresa Cremin, teachers need to aim to make the experience of reading for pleasure ‘authentic, real, and personally and socially relevant to each young reader’...[Illustration of children reading back to back] Reading motivation matters. Far too many young people in our schools can read, but do not choose to do so. They are...
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...OU are related to intergenerational perceptions. We are keen to explore how perceptions and stereotypes influence the development of relationships and communication. Intergenerational perceptions and stereotypes: Watch the following clips and see if you can identify the stereotypes at play in the descriptions offered. You may also want to note how and when stereotypes are...
Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics

...OU Professor John Allen introduces the lecture Relational thinking Professor Ash Amin from Durham University talks about the influence of Doreen's work Spatial divisions of labour Professor Jamie Peck, University British Columbia talks about the influence of Doreen's work London and the politics of place Professor Jane Willis, Queen Mary University of London on London and...
iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...students in OU courses; and engages the public through face to face and online activities as well through OU/BBC co-productions (see links below). Moving forward iSpot is co-designing services for biodiversity and environmental citizen observations through a European collaboration, exploring human computer collaborations in pollinator citizen science as well as the role...
Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...students at these colleges and their comments seem to show that they are making a difference to people’s lives. One study using the feedback from 220 students reported that: ‘Students reported high levels of satisfaction according to feedback forms: 96 per cent students said that the course they attended was “good” or “excellent”; and 97 per cent students said...