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Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...STUDENTS RECITING] JAMIEL ALEXANDER Ooh, fast asleep after that greeting, eh? NARRATOR Jamiel Alexander became principal of Chapel Street Primary in the mid-1990s, just after the end of apartheid. This momentous societal change is reflected in the way he now runs the school, which is in a deprived area of Cape Town. JAMIEL ALEXANDER The management strategies have changed,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...students, producing and leading qualifications across different programmes at the OU and elsewhere. PAYAM REZAIE We designed this course to help students who want to pursue Master's-level study to be better prepared for success. The course serves to bridge the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate study. It also serves as a useful induction to postgraduate study....
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Fire and Ice
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire and Ice

...student Anne Forbes as they explore exciting lava formations that have never been reported before... Fire and Ice How are volcanoes created? On a field trip to Iceland, Dr Dave McGarvie visits a range of volcanoes. They include Askja, a spectacular and active volcano in the remote interior of the country - whose evolution he is studying with scientists from Iceland and...
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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...become lower than the risks of staying in. They worry, in particular, that staying in the EU would expose the UK to its troubled experiment with the Euro Area. In its present form, the 17-member Eurozone may be destined to underperform the UK and US economies because of the limits it imposes on freedom of budgetary action, and the problems it causes for less dynamic...
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Article 5 mins
20 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

20 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...OU module without realising it Around 5% of every Open University module is made available for free through OpenLearn. Think of it as a little window into OU study – without having to commit to the whole house. 17. Yes, we really did have a course called Analysing Skid Marks We promise this was educational. The course was eventually retired in 2019, but some of its...
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Article 5 mins
Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...become instrumental. Protests captured on camera can spark public debate and help trigger political change – as was the case with the Arab Spring...One image of a Syrian child refugee, Alan Kurdi, lying drowned on a Greek beach arguably changed the European migration debate in 2015. Transcript Smartphone cameras have democratised photography. Wherever there are...
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Video 5 mins
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...becoming endemic, even if the chances of actually being directly affected by such events remains vanishingly small. Read: The Nice attack and the corrosive effects of anxiety Anthony Morris of the University of Technology in Sydney explores the French attacks through the prism of the nation's literature: Yet the spirit of critique lives on in their literature, most...
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Article 30 mins
Discussion hub: What is helpful for someone undergoing treatment for cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Discussion hub: What is helpful for someone undergoing treatment for cancer?

...us know what you found to be helpful in the Comments section below. What do you think? What is helpful for someone undergoing treatment for cancer and their families? If you know someone who has cancer and want to help them in any way possible you may like to order our Big C booklet or visit our OU news website complete with a five point guide on how to make a difference....
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Article 5 mins