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Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...students and other stakeholders in the community or landscape in which they live and practise and prevailing policy frameworks. Thus, your own understanding of what constitutes, creates and perpetuates inequality in education will be informed by your personal history of participation in education and the environment in which you are living and working. [Described image]...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...students: become more effective, independent and confident self-directed learners understand how they are learning and relate their learning to a wider context improve their general skills for study and career management articulate personal goals and evaluate progress towards their achievement develop a positive attitude to learning throughout life. (Houghton and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...students and registrants of nursing, midwifery and social work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about FGM to: recognise women and girls at risk and escalate immediately to the relevant bodies. meet the needs of women and girls who have had FGM with a compassionate, non-judgmental, person-centred, holistic approach. signpost people to...
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Article 5 mins
Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome
Education & Development

Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome

...students from Cardiff and the Vale College share their tips for overcoming self-doubt...What is imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome can be defined as an inability to accurately self-assess performance. It can lead us to believe that we don’t deserve our successes and make us doubt our abilities. How do you overcome imposter syndrome? There is no yardstick to measure...
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Video 5 mins
Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...students to evaluate progress, build confidence and encourage participation. The course will teach you how to communicate in situations ranging from everyday conversation to putting forward your point of view in a debate. Students will also have an opportunity to improve their grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.This material is taken from The Open University Course...
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Video 26 mins
Fossil soft parts
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil soft parts

...become fossils...What conditions are required for soft parts of an organism to become a fossil? The process of a fossilisation, especially the preservation of soft parts, is a race against decay. When an organism dies, the cells begin a process of self-destruction. Chemicals called enzymes help recycle material within the cells of the living organism. However, when the...
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Article 5 mins
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...students...A global dimension to science education in schools: 1.1 1 Why include a global dimension in science education? - Western science drew on a world heritage, on the basis of sharing ideas. Sen (2002) The global dimension refers to approaches to education … which focus on global issues, events and interdependence. … pupils will develop … an understanding of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...OU lecturers Miranda Dyson and Vicky Taylor look at the remarkable strategies predators and prey deploy...We’re here to reveal another side to “nature, red in tooth and claw”. Predators are commonly perceived as being ferocious successful hunters and their prey as having little or no chance of survival once the hunt is on. The truth however, is that hunts often...
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Article 10 mins