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My career goal: Business and administrative
Money & Business

My career goal: Business and administrative

...resources below to develop your communication and strategic skills, maybe even an apprenticeship to begin your career in business...Business and administrative apprenticeships Discover how an apprenticeship can kickstart your career by mixing learning with practical work. Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world...
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Travelling Objects
History & The Arts

Travelling Objects

...open access resource. However, if you want to use these references in an academic manner please use our FREE course Developing good academic practice for guidance on proper referencing and formatting. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 30 mins
You and your world: Introducing the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

You and your world: Introducing the social sciences

...open-research-online (Accessed: 18 May 2026). Sutton Trust (2019) Elitist Britain: The Educational Backgrounds of Britain’s Leading People, Sutton Trust & Crown Copyright. Available at: https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Elitist-Britain-2019.pdf (Accessed: 30 Jan 2026)...You and your world: Introducing the social sciences: Acknowledgements - This...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the OU’s computing department - and that from a machine. Below are both articles. Read them and then return to our social media channels to tell us which you believe is human-written....
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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...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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...
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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...
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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...
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