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My unique path to university: more real stories
Education & Development

My unique path to university: more real stories

...underrepresented in higher education. Simon's story Simon shares his experience of joining university later in life and his hopes for a future career in television. [My Path to University: Simon's Story] [Wrexham University Logo] This resource was provided by Wrexham University and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...resource for people who are thinking about getting back into learning...[Image of Open Pathways guide showing someone on their phone drinking coffee in a café. ] Click on the image above to view PDF Open Pathways can get you started on your learning journey, helping you navigate your way through OpenLearn to find something that interests you, while building your...
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Anti-Bullying Week
Education & Development

Anti-Bullying Week

...resources on the different types of bullying and manipulation to help support those in need, not just on these special days but all year round...OpenLearn and The Open University are proud supporters of Anti-Bullying Week. To pledge our support for this fantastic cause we've pulled together some interactives, academic insights and advice, and FREE courses on the different...
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Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...resources - including courses, videos and games...Mathematics is important across many disciplines: science, medicine, engineering, technology, communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in today’s complex...
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OpenLearn supports Get Online Week
Education & Development

OpenLearn supports Get Online Week

...resources, perfect for those with limited online access. The subjects have been selected to support Get Online Week’s key themes for 2023, and all OpenLearn course materials can be downloaded and accessed offline, if online access is difficult. Further information is available here on our FAQ page, under the heading 'What alternative formats are available?' We are...
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The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme
Education & Development

The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme

...resource is a response to that imperative. The Intervention Initiative is a free resource for universities and further education settings in England, developed in 2014 by the University of the West of England on receipt of a grant from Public Health England. It is an evidence-based educational programme for the prevention of sexual coercion and domestic abuse in...
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Chance, Risk and Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Chance, Risk and Health

...Human Genome Project, the cutting edge of 21st century science, involves a unique collaboration between biologists, geneticists and statisticians, using the latest information technology. Today we stand on the brink of a new era, and the work of one man prepared the way. But few people today know of the achievements of Ronald Aylmer Fisher. The four video tracks on this...
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...humans. Sacks wrote what he called ‘romantic science’. Not romantic in the sense of romantic love, but romantic in the sense of the romantic poets, who used narrative to describe the subtleties of human nature, often in contrast to the enlightenment values of quantification and rationalism. In this light, romantic science would seem to be a contradiction, but Sacks...
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