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How to help your child become a future Olympian
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to help your child become a future Olympian

...Becoming an Olympian is the pinnacle of a sporting career and not many athletes will get there, so it is important to ensure that there is fun and enjoyment on the sporting journey up to whatever point your child gets to. 3. It’s never too early to start The more opportunities children have to be active and move around right from birth the better their outcomes are....
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Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...becoming an immigration adviser...Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser has 15 learning hours of self-paced study. This free course is designed to introduce UK immigration law and advice and has been designed for anyone with an interest in this area. It is likely to be of particular interest to anyone considering becoming an immigration...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How do you become British Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become British Prime Minister?

...become Prime Minister in July 2019 because: he was the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip he had been the leader of the Conservative party since July that year the Conservative party had a Commons majority with the support of a smaller party, the DUP. And also because his predecessor, Theresa May, had resigned as Prime Minister when it became clear, having failed to...
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Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

George Osborne's changes to his welfare cap in the July 2015 budget have made a simple measure almost too complex, say Christine Whitehead and Emma Sagor...The £26,000 welfare cap for working aged families introduced in April 2013 has been one of the most supported policies introduced by the coalition. By setting the maximum eligibility at the median household income...
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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...students studying at the OU. John Butcher is Professor of Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education at the OU and Rehana Awan and Darren Gray were part of a small working group, set up under the OU’s Access and Participation Plan, to explore the reasons why Black students are less likely than White students to declare a mental health condition. ......
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The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!
Miscellaneous

The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!

...students (and teachers) what they want!, Professor Bart Rienties will focus, in particular, on how his research in learning analytics aims to understand how we can provide a better learning experience for each student based upon big and small data. Date: Tuesday 30 January, 2018 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall,...
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What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...students who are able to communicate in more than a single tongue, explains Ingrid Piller...Teacher expectations produce self-fulfilling prophecies in student performance: high teacher expectations result in students’ higher academic performance and low teacher expectations result in students’ lower academic performance. The positive effect of teacher expectations on...
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Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Education & Development

Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students

...students goes beyond access – it requires belonging and mattering. This article explores how The Open University’s Black STEM Hub is building community, visibility and connection to support student success in distance learning...Equity in higher education is not just about access; it is about outcomes. For Black students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Science...
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