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Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy
Education & Development

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

...Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course ED841 Understanding children's development and learning... Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy A short introduction to this album. Understanding and tackling language difficulties Professor David Messer of The Open University sets the scene for the interviews on the album....
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Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...opening gifts in front of your hosts) to have successful business meetings. What is needed is the understanding of the much broader context of Chinese culture and values that permeate Chinese business contexts so as to engage in enduring business relationships...Business dealings with China are on the increase. As a result, more and more organisations and business people...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...open the document in Networked microsensors and the end of the world as we know it. Read the abstract and keywords (labelled 'index terms'). What do you expect the article to be about? Click on the 'View document' link below to read Shepherd, D. on 'Networked Microsensors and the End of the World As We Know It' View document Discussion When I read the abstract, I expected...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
We invented the weekend!
Money & Business

We invented the weekend!

...Open University's Open degree courses A free festival celebrating the invention of the weekendUp until the 19th century, everyone in the UK worked a six day week. Then in 1843, in Greater Manchester, workers’ rights activists launched a campaign to finish early on Saturdays. They won, and in doing so, invented the weekend – a gift to workers the world over! We’re...
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Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...Open University has partnered with Jobcentre Plus to offer free training tools designed to fit flexibly around any six-month Kickstart Scheme placement...[Kickstart joint logos with JCP and the OU] The Open University has partnered with Jobcentre Plus to offer free training tools designed to fit flexibly around any six-month Kickstart Scheme placement. Our free online...
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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...Open University Students Association has created a series of video tutorials to introduce British Sign Language...Find out more about The Open University's Combined Studies qualifications [British Sign Language introduction] There are around 125,000 deaf adults in the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL), along with an estimated 20,000 children. Reports of sign language...
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Video 20 mins
Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...Open University course A216 Art and its histories... Art and architecture A short introduction to this album. The pyramid at the Louvre Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French...
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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...Open University and Pembroke College Oxford, has been encouraging and promoting the study of modern languages, both in schools and in universities. The LCLC has worked closely with pupils and teachers from over a dozen schools in the three London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and the City of Westminster, through a series of study days, summer...
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