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Happy Saint Patrick's Day
History & The Arts

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

...resources on Ireland. @@PLUGINFILE@@/Saint%20Patrick%20Interactive%20timeline.h5p?time=1773065925782 Discover more with OpenLearn Ireland OpenLearn Ireland is a section of the OpenLearn website that offers free learning content from The Open University for all who are interested in Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and the culture, developments and events on the...
Investigating Psychology Interactive
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating Psychology Interactive

...the conceptual and historical issues in Psychology with this interactive feature..._ Find out more about The Open University’s Psychology qualifications._ Investigating Psychology is a tool to enable you to explore the development of psychological thinking not only across time but also within the context of social, conceptual and historical changes; the development and...
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying my various work roles, I began to be a bit more worried about everything, doubting myself and feeling muddly. I was overly anxious about any type of judgement...
Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...resources and ideas, we were able to promote the work of The Froebel Trust. The idea that natural environments are good for babies and toddlers is recognised in the writing of Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852) who believed that this period of childhood has particular significance; the senses, through which the child experiences the world, require that ‘the surroundings…...
European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...Open University - take part in a celebration of the linguistic diversity of Europe. We can rejoice in the fact that more than half of Europeans (54%) can hold a conversation in at least one additional language, 25% can speak at least two additional languages, and one in ten can speak at least three. (Eurobarometer, 2012) But if you are one of the other 46% of people who...
How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...Open University's Education and Early Years courses and qualifications. Human nature [A group of children sitting on the floor looking up]Humans are not the strongest, fastest, or fiercest of creatures. And yet, put a group of us together and we have been able to inhabit every continent; develop science, law, art and medicine. The rise to our current position of influence...
Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...education and inaccessible health care are faced by under-resourced women’s groups. These experiences are shared by women in loyalist and republican districts. Some see constitutional conversations as an opportunity to press for intersectional gender justice. A unity referendum is not a magic wand to fix these conditions. However, in the year of the twenty-fifth...
Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...educated women were rare) and finally, political atmosphere (when authoritarian leadership was the norm). Despite this, she succeeded in her academic pursuits, following up opportunities to study in the West, secure a prestigious job in Kenya and still put local population needs at the heart of her work at grassroots. Her non-conformity meant she paid dearly and...