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The RFS Career Academy Free Learning Collection
Education & Development

The RFS Career Academy Free Learning Collection

...OU). All the content has been written by academics from The OU and can be used to enhance your work skills, apply for a new job or a change in career. The courses are available immediately and you can work through them at your own pace - plus if you sign up you can track your progress and receive a free Statement of Participation or a digital badge (if the course offers...
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...OU team found that the class reading areas and the sometimes fabulous school libraries were, in all but one of the four schools, simply used as text repositoriesIn recent research undertaken in areas of social and economic disadvantage, in schools renowned locally for their work on reading for pleasure, the OU team found that the class reading areas and the sometimes...
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...
Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...students to become familiar with using an animation package and to experience co-operative group work. How does a lesson such as this fit into your ideas of what art and design in schools is all about? How does it relate to the general aims of art in education?...Why teach art?: 3. Responding to criticisms - A government minister and a school governor made the following...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making
Society, Politics & Law

Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making

...Becoming visibly emotional as she finished her remarks, the outgoing first lady spoke of hope for the future. Allied to this, she invoked the importance of hard work and the need to fight for freedom, not take it for granted. When she later spoke of her father’s influence, she touched a nerve not just of the American spirit, but something universal. Her words awoke...
Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...becoming more extreme. Bangladesh has always suffered from cyclones, but there is scientific evidence that these are becoming more frequent and more intense due to anthropogenic climate change. One effect of this is that the saline frontier - the boundary between saline water and fresh water – is moving northwards. Learning to cope after a severe cyclone The village of...
How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...become a massively popular pastime. It’s hard to find official figures for just how many people practise yoga regularly, but it’s thought that between 300,000 and 500,000 people regularly take part in what the UN describes as “a holistic approach to health and well-being” with “universal appeal”. The discipline was popularised in Britain through the hard work...
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...become a student and what do you hope to gain from your studies? Think about this question for a few minutes and then note down your response. Discussion Have you recorded only one reason for why you became a student or are there several reasons? Have your reasons for studying changed since you became a student? What you want to gain from studying may be something very...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs