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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...children to learn about and campaign on single-use plastic, fast fashion, and carbon dependence. These activities certainly count as ‘doing development’ – but why is it not this work that springs to mind? Development is very diverse and it is done by all sorts of people. So, this week you will start to look at the actual practise of ‘development’, and...
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...children from our previous relationships. So, widowhood for me meant life on my own. Alan passed away just before our fourth wedding anniversary in June 2019. We had his funeral on his 65th birthday, 21 June. In the eighteen months he had lived with his disease, he had become fully paralysed and dependent twenty-four hours a day on me and our team of carers for everything...
Child development and learning activities
Education & Development

Child development and learning activities

Are you a parent? Do you work with young children? We've put together a variety of FREE fun tasks to share with your children to help aid them in their learning and development.
Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...research interviews with their own expectations, and researchers have to take account of this, says Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology Dr Stephanie Taylor...[A group of women sitting around a table in an informal work meeting ] Research participants used to be referred to as ‘subjects’, especially in my home discipline, psychology. ‘Participant’, the term now...
Hidden talents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hidden talents

Children living in adverse conditions are more likely to struggle in school. But what if these children have abilities that are enhanced through adversity, “hidden talents” that educators can harness to promote their learning?...Transcript.
Open Education Week
Education & Development

Open Education Week

...researcher pack from The Open University's own OER Hub. Transcript The OER Hub The Open Education Research Hub (OER Hub) at The Open University are leaders in researching the impact of open educational resources (OER) on teaching and learning practices. The OER Hub team has extensive expertise in authoring and developing open online courses. The following courses have all...
Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system
Nature & Environment

Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system

...centre, distinguish one end of the cell from the other and provide routes for transportation. This is the cytoskeleton. It consists of many networks of fibrous proteins - micro-filaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules that help organise, structure and orient the cell. Each individual molecule can behave like a tiny motor, propelling itself by all sorts of...
Getting started with Chinese 3
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 3

...Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC003 Beginners Chinese 3: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Have you previously learned some basic Mandarin Chinese and now want to go a step further? This third introductory course in the Getting started with Chinese series w...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs