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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...Education...Children and young people’s participation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the complexity of participation for children and young people compare and contrast different cultural perspectives and experiences of participation reflect critically on personal professional practice and assumptions regarding...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...education, beliefs, values, traditions, customs and norms, and we are socialised into ‘our’ world by dint of our birthplace, our primary caregivers and era...Introducing Union Black: 1.2 So, what is compassion? - The major difference between compassion and empathy is that empathy is about understanding the suffering of others, but it stops short of actually helping...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...educational and social opportunities, often at great financial or personal cost. At the same time, the parenting practices and beliefs of my participants are influenced by the cultural values of the society they grew up in. [Women holding a girl learning to walk.] It is against this backdrop of different ideologies, migration experiences and cultural values attached to...
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Article 5 mins
Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...research and aims to make academics’ work inspiring and accessible to communities in Wales. This supports institutional aims to make education open to all and supports wider OU work to build an informed, engaged and prosperous Wales. To keep up to date on our upcoming OpenTalks events, you can sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn....
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Video 1 hr
Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron

...educated man from a reputable family. I have attended Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. I am also well-travelled, having set foot upon Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Greece, to name just a few. After the publishing of Hours of Idleness, a particularly hostile review was published and I decided to pen the satire English Bards and...
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Article 5 mins
The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
Miscellaneous

The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management

...Can't join in person? Watch the event live online. If you are viewing the event by live stream, please do take the opportunity to have your questions answered by our speakers LIVE during the event by posting in the OpenLearn comments box below this article. Study with the OU: MA in Online and Distance Education Find out more about Professor Edoardo Ongaro’s research...
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Article 5 mins
The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...educators, researchers, students, or others with an interest in academic discussion. [Hands holding a tablet showing the word connect] Each social media platform serves different purposes and often focuses on different types of content. While these purposes often overlap, some key uses are evident: Video sharing platforms – typically instructional or observational...
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Video 5 mins
Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...education and ‘life-skills’ training, with access to a limited range of enhanced communication techniques such as PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) or Makaton sign language. [Thumbs up by two people] Much recent research has focused on differences in motor control experienced by many autistic people; the inability to elicit and/or disinhibit desired...
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Article 5 mins