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The Children's Research Centre Hub
Education & Development

The Children's Research Centre Hub

The Open University's Children's Research Centre enables participation by children and young people - this collection of FREE resources explores some of their important work. ...The Children's Research Centre is all about research with about and led by children and young people. Find out more in our FREE resources below...
Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman
Education & Development

Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman

...worked with previously. They apologised and we moved on. However, this incident had a lasting impact on me which the person won’t ever realise and probably wouldn’t have thought of. A simple case of mistaken identity, no harm done, and I laughed it off, so they didn’t feel uncomfortable. I couldn’t help but wonder whether they had mixed me up with someone else...
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...work, and how traditional ideas about work wear have evolved. Have you seen the television show Mad Men? The suits and ties, and the smart dresses worn in the show are indicative of a certain era (in this instance, America in the 1950s and ’60s). Culturally, they signify things such as societal expectations and power relations. Mad Men represents the sort of traditional...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...work as both creator and user. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Creating open educational resources: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: state personal motivation for producing and using OERs evaluate some examples of educational resources for active open learning plan a structured...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...working conditions, and political and economic freedoms. Figure 1 In this short course, you will spend time on both the positive and negative aspects of AI, aiming to navigate a meaningful path between them, in order to gain greater awareness of the risks of such technology, as well as an appreciation of possible responses to such risks, while also being able to identify...
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...work has gone on to influence other work around this theory...Please note that this is not a course containing teaching materials. It collates links to a variety of courses and other resources about natural selection, its relevance to different environments and animal species, and the theory's influence on future scientists, psychologists and philosophers. It will be of...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...works were running half-time or no time, and many people were out of work. At one place there was a little oblong building between branching streets, round which sat a miserable company of Murchers, as I heard them called, on long benches under the overhanging roof, who were too obviously, who were almost offensively, out of work. Some were old and some young, some dull...
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week, there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week’s study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. There are lots of opportunities to check your learning, including short quizzes at the end of each week. The quizzes at the end of Week 4 and Week 8 are a bit longer and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs