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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...Student Assessment (PISA), which regularly assesses the reading attitudes and attainment of 15 year olds. In one such study, Cheung (2016) claims that fondness for reading (defined in his work as readers who follow their hearts), aspiration for reading, and being good at reading are seen as salient elements of readers’ engagement which affect their reading performance....
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Article 5 mins
My digital life
Digital & Computing

My digital life

Everything is becoming digital - what does this mean for your life?...[Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] As part of Make it Digital Season we have curated some content around the digital world and how it affects our daily lives:
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Activity 1 hr
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...OU has long promoted learning from one another and recognised that change for individuals and communities happens when people speak out and work together. That idea about change existed long before the Open University. But how was it transmitted? This banner, recently found in the village hall in Fringford, Oxfordshire, can be used to help us find out. This banner was...
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Video 5 mins
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...students to analyse their own work practice in relation to the ideas covered in the reading. The marketing reading and activity cover the concept of ‘customers’ and who customers are in different work contexts. The financial information reading and activity cover the idea of financial stakeholders and their interests in an organisation. This OpenLearn course is an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...become the first GB swimmer to retain an Olympic title, but this year’s Olympics has a very different feel for the competitors with no spectators to provide that extra buzz and to join in the celebrations when success strikes. Perhaps the most noticeable absence of all is that of the athletes’ families and their emotional displays of pride and affection. For many...
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Article 5 mins
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...OU’s MA in Translation. You might also be interested in the second part: L802 Translation in practice...Translation as a career: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the skills required to become a professional translator and what is meant by translation competence have an awareness of what it means to be a professional...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...students an essential part of our contract is the time we get to prepare lessons and mark assessments. Assessor-Instructors were offered none of these things which is a disservice to lecturers and most importantly to all of our students. There are 26 colleges in Scotland with around 5,000 EIS-FELA members and the methods used to implement the process of replacement varied...
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Article 10 mins
Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion
History & The Arts

Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion

...to cover their hair, and even their faces, with the hijab? Attitudes towards the hijab as a fashion item Has the hijab become an expression not just of tradition and identity, but of fashion? Commercialisation of the hijab Is Muslim dress becoming its own form of commercial fashion? How does the Muslim modest fashion industry differ from the mainstream fashion industry?...
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Audio 33 mins