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Open door to success
Education & Development

Open door to success

...education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your digital and employability skills, so you can prepare more effectively to achieve your career aspirations. There are also courses to help you improve your functional English and Mathematics skills. OpenLearn/DWP guide You can read the...
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Learning to change
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning to change

...education, but by a continuous process of lifelong learning. The four video tracks show you how to build on what you already know and how to use your skills and qualities to achieve change. They encourage you to consider the opportunities that are open to you and help you set goals for the future. This material forms part of the course Y165, Learning to Change... Learning...
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Making a difference
Education & Development

Making a difference

Poster by Dr Hilary Lindsay on their Doctorate in Education. ...[Abstract crop of a geometric, futuristic glass item] Making a difference by Hilary Lindsay
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Porn licensing isn't the answer
Digital & Computing

Porn licensing isn't the answer

...technology. Parent groups have expressed concern for some time about the lack of regulation for porn and how easy it appears to be for their children to be exposed to inappropriate content, which is fuelling the debate. The idea of age checks is hardly new, many of us probably tried to get into a local bar when marginally underage with varying degrees of success,...
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Centre for Open Thanatology Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Centre for Open Thanatology Hub

The Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and education of death, dying, loss, and grief across the life course and in diverse contexts.
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...education and one that gets thrown around quite a lot these days. But what does 'interdisciplinary' study really mean? And why is it so desirable?...Find out more about The Open University's Open Degree. What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study? [Silhouette with education icons and symbols in their head.] The Merriam Webster dictionary defines...
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Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...technologies are being combined with governance, policy and culture, and how this is producing the groundbreaking future of Milton Keynes. Transcript Hello. My name's Gillian Rose. I'm a professor of cultural geography here in the geography department at the Open University. And I'm currently leading a research project called Smart Cities in the Making, learning from...
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