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Leadership and followership
Explore what makes a good leader, recognise common leadership challenges, and identify the skills you need to develop if you want to enhance your own leadership experience.
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English: skills for learning
Develop the English reading and writing skills needed for university success.
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Supporting children's development
Supporting children’s development is an introductory course for anyone who is interested in children’s development, especially support staff in schools, such as teaching assistants. It builds on your knowledge and skills to develop a deeper understanding of children from the early years to school leavers. You will be introduced to some core ...
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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and cultures. This course investigates the historical, ethical and social issues surrounding this technology. It is aimed at people interested in understanding where this technology has come from, the kinds of opportunities it brings to ...
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Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI
The time has finally come to work on your assignment. So what's the next step for students with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools easily at hand? James Roy takes a look.
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Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2
Katherine Jegede returns to host the second series of a podcast to discuss the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic staff and students at the OU. It showcases academic research and projects, plus covers the work happening within the institution in relation to race and ethnicity.
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Neurodiversity Hub
Exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly. This hub brings together free OpenLearn courses, articles and personal stories on autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
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Race and Ethnicity Hub
This award-winning hub offers fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity through free courses, articles, interactives and audio/visual materials.
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Resources for schools
Keep on top of your learning with these free resources from The Open University, created for secondary school age students across the UK.