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Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...become a mature student do make sure you retain evidence of your pay from work – ideally your annual P60 forms that detail the income earned and tax paid in each financial year. These details will help provide proof of your financial independence from your parents and will, therefore, help you to get financial support in addition to the normal student loans to support...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...students. You will get the best results if you actively engage in the process: though it may seem tempting to read straight on to our discussion, you will be a more effective learner if you work out your response first, because you will then have something on which to measure our discussion. We suggest also that at this point you equip yourself with a note book to use to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation
History & The Arts

Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation

...OU / BBC Cymru Wales a gyflwynwyd gan Huw Stephens. Cafodd ei ddarlledu fis Hydref 2022. Yn y Sgwrs Agored hon, mae Huw, Ian Michael Jones, y cynhyrchydd, ac academyddion OU a wnaeth weithio ar y rhaglen yn trafod etifeddiaeth Cymru fel gwlad y gan, ac yn myfyrio ar uchafbwyntiau’r rhaglen iddyn nhw. Cynhaliwyd y digwyddiad hwn ddydd Mercher, 18 Ionawr, 2023, yn rhan...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...OU Alumni but have been continuing engaging in research-based projects with the OU after writing a participatory research proposal on bereavement for my final assessment in 2023. I experienced a significant bereavement in my early school years, after my mum died of a rare form of cancer in 1999. Since then, I have gone through a series of life events that have brought up...
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Article 5 mins
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...students such as age, background, learning abilities, teachers’ approach and expertise. Also, some methodologies such as correlation studies tend to be interpreted in the incorrect way. Below is an example from an educational report by OECD about children and young people’s mental health in the digital age: A small association between social media use and depression...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...become ‘digital citizens’ and to access health care. This is the focus of the next activity. Activity 1 Digital Ambassadors: creating digital citizens First, read the article ‘Being a digital ambassador for young carers’, in which Amen Dhesi gives an insight into the value of being a digital ambassador. Next, go to the Good Things foundation website and use the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How can I learn from Who Are We?
Society, Politics & Law

How can I learn from Who Are We?

...OU academics and artists, who have reflected upon commonalities in their research and work on how to explore questions of identity, citizenship and migration in deep and creative ways. On the website we have documented some of the engagements between artists, academics, activists and participants in the event and beyond. Some of these include media materials and image...
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Article 5 mins
Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos
Science, Maths & Technology

Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos

...OU/BBC co-production Blue Planet II. Here's a taste of the episode, and some of the work that went into producing it... The tusk fish and the tool How do you get into a delicious clam when you have no hands? The tusk fish has a way... And here's cameraperson Alex Vail talking about capturing that behaviour: And y'know, they call them killer whales Orcas use their skills...
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Video 10 mins