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How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead
Money & Business

How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead

...OU’s Employability Framework The hub is built around the Open University’s ten key employability skills – the stuff that really matters to employers. These include: Communication Collaboration Problem Solving Self-awareness Self-management and resilience Digital and information literacy Numeracy Global citizenship Commercial and sector awareness You can search the...
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Article 5 mins
Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...OU students in different ways too) Succeed in the workplace Is this the year you put your career first? Check out our Badged Open Course, and if you fancy a STEM career, feast your eyes on our collection. You can also check out our full collection of badged open courses on employability. Start writing New year, new novel? Have you been itching to get your first novel...
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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...Nursing Associates and registered nurses can experience dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia, but they can be reassured that effective support is available...Mathematical ability is an essential skill in nursing practice. Nurses and Nursing Associates must be able to correctly work out relevant calculations in order to be safe and effective practitioners. The main
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Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018

...alumni Antoine Cousot is currently circumnavigating the globe for 30,000 miles, alone. Here, our academics explore information, science and ideas about the ocean...[Antoine Couset on a boat] Welcome and thank you for following Antoine Cousot’s Golden Globe Race around the world! The Golden Globe Race started on July 1st. One of our alumni, Antoine Cousot, is currently
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Article 20 mins
Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...students to use a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Understandably, transgender advocates have repeatedly asserted the need for all young people to be able to “pee in peace”. While it is important, access to an appropriate bathroom is not the only issue transgender young people negotiate. Living in a world that enforces (sometimes violently) a rigid...
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Article 10 mins
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...STUDENT 1: We've started educating ourselves about religious tolerance. NARRATOR: RETOPEA's unique approach engages learners with ideas about religious toleration. TEACHER 1: We show respect for other faiths and people of no faith. NARRATOR: Empowering to make short, creative films. STUDENT 2: Welcome to the reflection room. STUDENT 3: We are going to interview some...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...becomes a derogatory identity label and an abnormal lifestyle. The Guinness advert challenges this stance and perhaps shows that attitudes are starting to shift. Researchers who have studied issues of gay people in sports largely agree that organised sports are highly homophobic (Anderson, 2002) although there is some more recent debate about whether men’s heterosexual...
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English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...become a university student, you will want to make links to ideas presented elsewhere in your course materials, or something you have read in a newspaper might provide you with a useful illustration. It is a good idea, then, to get into the habit of revisiting your notes at intervals throughout your studies to develop links, introduce new questions and examples, and thus...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs