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Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...University’s ‘Open’ qualifications, you will learn about the unique skills you can gain from studying a multi-subject qualification and how it can benefit your career prospects. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...University's History and Social Sciences courses Background In the context of the growing ‘cost of living crisis’ in 2022, it’s unsurprising that trade union activity in Scotland has featured regularly in public discourse. Waste and recycling workers made headlines when they went on strike over pay and conditions in Glasgow during COP26 in November 2021; then in...
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...beginner teachers of MFL in secondary schools. It starts by looking at what it means to make progress in MFL. From there it lists a number of key assessment strategies, identifying some challenges assessing language learning. A key aspect here is outlining the differences between affirmative and summative assessment and exploring different assessment approaches. The unit...
Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds
Education & Development

Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds

...University's presence in the virtual world Second Life™ and explores the way in which virtual worlds can offer new opportunities for teaching and learning. The album also explores some of the ways that the theories of Lev Vygotsky have influenced the use of dialogue and language in the classroom and the ways in which children and teachers interact with each other. The...
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...University of Technology in Sydney explores the French attacks through the prism of the nation's literature: Yet the spirit of critique lives on in their literature, most famously for Anglophone audiences in the form of novelist Michel Houellebecq’s mordant satires on French society. In a spirit arguably less nuanced than his canonical predecessors like Balzac and Zola,...
Sounds harmonious
Science, Maths & Technology

Sounds harmonious

...University's Alan Graham shares his wealth of knowledge on the relationship between music and math, demonstrates many easy-to-follow theories and examples, and performs several pieces of traditional music with his band Betty's Kitchen. This material forms part of The Open University course MU120 Open mathematics... Sounds harmonious As per album description Music and math...
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...University qualification R39 BSc (Honours) Nursing...An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the principles behind digital simulation identify the benefits of digital simulation for participants evaluate the potential impact of digital simulation on patients and healthcare...
Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements
Money & Business

Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements

...University’s Business Management (Marketing) qualification. Transcript Marketing isn't simple. The world isn't simple. The Open University Business School can help you sharpen your skills as a manager in charge of marketing. Selling direct to the public? The Open University has a course offering An introduction to retail management and marketing. The whole story Join...