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

My unique path to university: more real stories

...students who share their stories of studying later in life and being the first in their family to go to University. ...This series of videos is documenting the journeys of university students from backgrounds currently 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...
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Video 5 mins
Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
Miscellaneous

Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...OU academic. Jonathan Rix, Professor of Participation and Learning Support in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies at The Open University, will deliver his inaugural lecture on Why school is bad for us – lessons we need to learn, on Thursday 16 November at The Open University, when he will explore this obsession and ask if there are some simple ways to...
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Article 5 mins
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...Students and practitioners should not become so immersed in the specialised disciplines of the biomedical sciences that they lost sight of the patient as a person (Lawrence, 1999). There is good evidence that by the early twentieth century general practitioners working among the middle classes used laboratory tests to help their diagnosis. Similarly, the development and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...students travel to different countries to improve their employability prospects. In the networked, digitally empowered world of the 21st century, education providers often do not have remit or in fact the means and capacity to cover the range of activities learners engage with, which demonstrate their achievements, knowledge, and skills. The responsibilities behind the...
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Article 5 mins
A trip to Mercury
Science, Maths & Technology

A trip to Mercury

The OU's Dave Rothery recently gave a Tedx talk on what he's learned as part of the team preparing for the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo mission to Mercury...Transcript
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Video 12 mins
Science experiment: The density tower
Science, Maths & Technology

Science experiment: The density tower

In this video, the OU's Janet Sumner shows you how to conduct a simple density tower experiment using everyday household liquids...Density Tower template Transcript
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Video 5 mins
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...students have seen what I do. And as a result, they’ve become advocates themselves. [MUSIC PLAYING] Advocacy is something that’s important for every teacher, every educator, regardless of your role or level of expertise, needs to embrace. Because if you’re not willing to stand up and share your students’ stories, people from the outside will. As teachers, we’re...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Asteroids

...student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research... [City lights - Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth? Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet....
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Article 15 mins