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Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences
Education & Development

Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences

...education study actually like? In this episode we get to grips with academic life at university. We hear about real student experiences, new ways of studying, managing time, the challenges of assignments and exams - and above all, the help and support that’s there when it’s needed. [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub....
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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...Education (RAINE) podcast about the topic, Allison explains that she has found that maths anxiety is prevalent in nursing staff and can be linked with past experiences. This includes negative interactions with schoolteachers or parents, or their own personal feelings towards maths. As a maths tutor, Allison looks to change a student’s personal feelings toward maths,...
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Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...Education at The Open University explores whether we nurture young people’s enjoyment in writing...In England we are used to the term ‘reading for pleasure’ and indeed most schools seek to foster this, but is ‘writing for pleasure’ also part of our vocabulary? I’m not convinced. Do we plan to nurture young people’s enjoyment in writing? Do we allow them...
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My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally
Education & Development

My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally

...educate myself has equipped me to understand how knowledge and understanding can make a huge difference to a person’s sense of acceptance. For example, language matters, and having an understanding of different pronouns shows the person that you respect their identity. It is also important to recognise that you might not get it right all the time, which is ok. Just...
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Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...Dots] Download video transcript References Froebel, F. (1826) The education of man. (Translated from the German by Jarvis 1885). New York: A. Lovell and Company. Holt, L. and Philo, C. (2023) ‘Tiny human geographies: babies and toddlers as non-representational and barely human life?’, Children’s Geographies, 21(5), pp. 819–831. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2130684....
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Video 45 mins
Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...De Brant’s (2019) research with athletes who had retired or were close to retirement explored what athletes themselves felt they had to offer in terms of competencies they had developed during their career. The strongest they identified were goal orientation, dedication to success and collaboration. For some athletes, a natural career path is one that sees them remain...
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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...education to support behavioural changes that enable people to protect themselves, their children or other community members from infection; promote resistance to infection in the human host; isolate a source of infection to prevent it from being passed on; tackle an environmental source of infection consider a range of public health strategies, including unfamiliar...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...Education Open and Certificate of Higher Education Open), BSc (Combined STEM), MA/ MSc Open (F81) Open masters and the modules Making your learning count, and Advance your independent learning. These all provide you with an opportunity to choose from a range of different subjects, allowing you to learn in different ways. At other universities, multidisciplinary...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs