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Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...Open University's Managing my money for young adults course on OpenLearn Create funded by the Harrison Foundation and support by the Harrison Centre for Social Mobility. You make thousands of decisions every day, some are are trivial, and some are hard and could affect your future. Personal financial decisions (decisions related to your income, spending, savings or...
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Article 5 mins
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...Open Access Initiatives with authorship attribution increase integrity and diversity. UK’s Athena SWAN Framework promotes explicit equity targets. EU METEOR project is designed to empower researchers of diverse nationalities, genders, ages, ethnic backgrounds and roles by enhancing their transversal skills. From awareness to action For academia to thrive, institutions...
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Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...Open University modules DD870 Understanding global development and DD871 Key challenges in global development. These OpenLearn courses are a set of two, introducing you to ideas of global development and the interconnectedness of the world when it comes to understanding the most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues of our times. You will learn...
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My career goal: Marketing
Money & Business

My career goal: Marketing

...resources will help you to plan your own career strategy...The role of social media in marketing Seth Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of SocialMedia.com, discusses the changing role of social media and its impact in developing a marketing strategy: Transcript What does a buyer actually do? As part of this documentary series for British Vogue, you will hear about the role of...
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Article 20 mins
National Storytelling Week
History & The Arts

National Storytelling Week

...resources for National Storytelling Week...Find out more about The Open University's Creative Writing qualifications. Once upon a time, there was a week dedicated to storytelling, it was called National Storytelling Week ... During this week, your quest is to delve through the wealth of content provided here on OpenLearn on all things to do with stories. Got an idea for a...
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Article 5 mins
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...educators, leaders and practitioners, we tend to operate on assumptions: about our learners, their needs, and what will help them succeed (Wilkinson, 2021; Wheatley, 2015). But what if some of those assumptions were worth challenging? Arguably, inclusion is about much more than accommodating differences; it is about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive in ways...
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Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...Open University, we reached out to students, staff and alumni to hear about their experiences. ...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU contributing. The book includes essays, poems, and...
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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...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs