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Busting the language-learning myths
Languages

Busting the language-learning myths

...OU' (accessed from the right-hand side of the screen). [An example set of the myths to be busted on a table top] Select the image to start busting those language-learning myths! Tip: If you are using a mouse, hold your pointer towards the top, bottom, left or right of the screen to navigate. For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of...
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European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?
Health, Sports & Psychology

European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?

...become increasingly focused after the November terrorist attacks in Paris. The argument against a French triumph is a potential quarter or semi-final against the Germans. Making up the final four Portugal, Italy, Belgium and England will be hoping to get into the semi-finals. Portugal have probably the best European footballer in Cristiano Ronaldo, while historically...
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SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...OU, and evidence from other published studies, indicates that the promise of a quick financial return is unlikely to achieve real, lasting transformations. However, it is possible to get these changes underway if you can make direct connections with their values. So what do we need to do next? To conclude, here are four policy priorities, based on a recent review of...
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Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?
Society, Politics & Law

Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?

...OU’s “Environmental Studies” courses. Airports are particularly interesting for geographers because they are an almost perfect example of how scale, distance and network are more complicated than you might initially think. And Heathrow is more complicated than most airports! Firstly, airports are about connections, and by some counts Heathrow is the second busiest...
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...OU series The Ascent of Woman set out to restore women missing from the official histories. In a personal view on the series, Leeds University's Jessica Meyer asks if the series left too many tales untold...In A Room of One’s Own (1929), Virginia Woolf imagined that Shakespeare had a sister, a gifted young woman named Judith. Like her brother, she runs away to London to...
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Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...Students will be encouraged to reflect on personal and institutional opportunities to lead inclusively, including in challenging circumstances. They will examine the potential of working with leaders beyond their organisation to effect change and build collaborative networks that support inclusive leadership...This free course will enable leaders and aspiring leaders in a...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Walkie talkie
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walkie talkie

Learning any new skill, like walking and talking, requires children to encode, store and retrieve memories effectively. Lots of practise and sleep helps these skills become automatic and effortless...Please note - there is no sound or speech in this video.
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Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...becomes the focus of most decolonising work in Higher Education (HE). But in order for decolonisation in HE to be possible, we will still need to deal with the other dimensions - work that is political, economic, ecological, affective and relational. As part of Black History Month 2020, I was invited by The Open University to talk about this work. Transcript In the...
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