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Lord Puttnam Installation Ceremony 2007
OpenLearn Ireland

Lord Puttnam Installation Ceremony 2007

...Open University. Although perhaps best known as a film director, he has also had four other careers: in publishing, advertising, the charitable sector and government. But his success was not built on early academic achievements and he therefore strongly identifies with the sometimes lonely, difficult and brave decisions that OU students make in choosing to study and...
A discussion on melanoma (skin cancer) as a teenager
Health, Sports & Psychology

A discussion on melanoma (skin cancer) as a teenager

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Jack Brodie, a former young person with cancer, recounts his experience with Dr Wendy McInally who has spent over 25 years in clinical and educational delivery environments across the United Kingdom and internationally. Wendy has built a comprehensive research and education portfolio around children and...
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: What does it mean to be a mentor for a beginner teacher?: Introduction - This week will help to develop your understanding of effective school-based mentoring of beginner teachers. It is designed to enable you to understand effective mentoring. As is made...
Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their humanness: for example: ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘person with autism’. To clarify, autistic people see autism as an innate part of their embodiment; just...
Get started with OpenLearn
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Get started with OpenLearn

...resources, this guide walks you through everything you need to start learning anywhere, anytime, at your own pace...Welcome to OpenLearn Welcome to OpenLearn – the home of free learning from The Open University. We deliver bite-sized learning experiences designed to fit easily into daily life. Any one of our hundreds of courses can be studied anywhere, anytime and...
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...resource in education. This unit looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time and particularly in Wales. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork...Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This unit looks at how the role has developed across the...
Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Why teach art?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the underlying values and justifications of teaching art and art history within the school curriculum understand developing strategies to explore and engage with some of the subject criticisms voiced understand enhancing and...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...Open University’s music courses  Dr Martin V. Clarke and Dr Helen Barlow sit down to talk with radio DJ and TV presenter Huw Stephens about the idea of Wales as a ‘musical nation’. This discussion took place on 28 November 2022, following the OU / BBC TV series Wales: Music Nation, presented by Huw Stephens. Read more about the OU experts who took part below. [Dr...