2,846 search results
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...students, currently studying with The Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn - http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications - http://www.openuniversity.edu/ -...
View course Taking your first steps into higher education
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How does the media impact politics?
Society, Politics & Law

How does the media impact politics?

...becomes clear: it is a place in which politics takes place. It also becomes clear that you don’t need to be a politician to ‘do politics’; the media can be used to impart a political viewpoint, including party political ones. In turn, politics and politicians also impact the media through regulation and law. The relationship between the media, politics and society...
View article How does the media impact politics?
Article 5 mins
Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15
Digital & Computing

Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15

...become an important and heavily relied-upon source of facts: it has become an authority on those facts. [Wikipedia globe held in hands] Through six years of studying Wikipedia I’ve learned that we are witnessing a largely silent coup, in which traditional sources of authority have been usurped. Rather than discovering what the capital of Israel is by consulting paper...
View article Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15
Article 5 mins
From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Society, Politics & Law

From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging

...become a migrant. It’s like your whole existence is tested and, the biggest question is, where do you belong? In the changing world, everyone’s identity became a question.Most migrants are continually seeking and trying to have a sense of belonging in the new country, whether it’s in the world food aisles of supermarkets or multicultural festivals. I did not choose...
View article From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Article 10 mins
The German language zone
Languages

The German language zone

...students of a secondary school in Germany on the occasion of the 50th “birthday” of the Federal Republic of Germany. The students compiled a chronology on a wide variety of topics relating to the history of Germany in the period from 1949 to 1999. The link leads to two web pages about the Reichstag in Berlin Download the Architecture:1 tasks and ideas pdf...
View activity The German language zone
Activity 5 mins
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

...OU academic Dr Rachele De Felice and her colleague Dr Nele Pöldvere (Lund University, Sweden). They analysed 450,000 words of authentic British English conversations from a wide variety of contexts – chats between family and friends, informal workplace exchanges, formal meetings, university settings – to understand all the different ways people give and respond to...
View activity A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Activity 15 mins
Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...students talking about the types of questions that often come up in interviews and the experiences of current doctoral students. As you watch the video make some notes that will help as you prepare for your interview. What it is like studying at doctoral level? Watch the video where doctoral students talk about their experiences of their doctoral research Student:...
View article Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Article 5 mins
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...become involved in armed conflict. The course considers in detail the daily experiences of violence which can have negative impacts on the physical or emotional health of children and moves from ideas about children and violence in very localized contexts – within families and with peers at school – through to the broader community and on to the international...
View course Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs