Open University

Comparing two Open Universities within the Common Wealth: Athabasca University and the Allama Iqbal Open University at Islamabad When the Open University of the United Kingdom (OU UK) opened its ‘doors’ in 1969 it was considered a revolution in higher education by many pedagogues. In the forty years that followed 80 similar higher open education institutes were established (Peters, O. 2010, p57-81). The common denominator of this new generation of distance universities is that they are open. During the

exams. You should know that your JAMB result needs to be at certain score for you to gain admission in Nigerian Universities. Even though you passed the JAMB, the JAMB website cut-off marks and UTME will require a high score in order to gain admission in your school of choice. That 's when you’ll start thinking about schools who do not require you to write JAMB to be admitted as a university student. Yes, I know anyone who has written JAMB twice or more should know how frustrating this could be, especially

Open Letter to University of Michigan Central Student Government Dear the University of Michigan Central Student Government, As an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan concerned with the stress levels of my peers, I am writing to address the issue of not having enough stress-reducing activities for students year-round. As we all know, college is a very stressful time. Not a week goes by without having an exam, an essay due, or a presentation to give. And if it does, we spend that week

To examine how far Lennox castle hospital was an example of what Goffman called a ‘Total Institution’ I will first need to explore Goffman’s definition of this, along with the four factors that he identified as characteristics of a ‘Total institution’ I will then go on to discuss how these four factors fit with Lennox castle hospital and determine whether or not it fell into Goffman’s model of a ‘Total Institution.’ In order to discuss how Goffman’s four factors fit with Lennox castle hospital

The display of Benin art in museum and galleries reflect the attitudes and perceptions of Europeans towards non-western artefacts, especially African. Thus as European attitudes change towards non-western art since the discovery of Benin art in 1897, Benin art has been revaluated and re-categorised. Initially there was a great deal of debate about Benin art and its display, as it did not equate with the perceptions then held about Africa. Until the British conquest of Benin in 1897, little was

Role of Distance Education to Impart the Higher Education in Assam A case study of IDOL (Gauhati University) in Sonitpur District Manoj Kumar Hazarika, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, & Daisy Rani Kalita, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Darrang College, Tezpur Abstract: Overall development and growth of a nation is based on educational system of the nation. Higher education imparts in-depth knowledge and understanding to expose new edge of knowledge in different fields

mind’ (ToM). This proposes that people, and perhaps other animals, have the capability of understanding that others have a mental state which is separate, and perhaps different, from their own. Premack and Woodruff (1978, p.515) cited in The Open University (2016, p.86) first described this as ‘an individual has a theory of mind if he imputes mental states to himself and others’. For example, I know my team has scored at football, but my friend does not know that yet. I can theorise that he has,

The Open University (2016, video) provide a short documentary which follows the Romeao family and discusses the children’s sporting experiences and how the family supports each child on this journey. The Romeao family consists of the two parents – Tony and Elaine who have six children together. The majority of the video focuses on the two eldest children, Romeo who is a boxer and Venus who participates in gymnastics. Tony takes a lead role in coaching and training the children in their chosen sports

Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a primordial role in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system to meet the expectations and requirements of the students to receive and send information with respect to their academic pursuits. ICT in Open and Distance Learning is like a beacon light that lights up the path of the students and allows them to navigate through seamless ease with regard to their academic aspirations. It elevates the student-centric learning experience

'dead familiar' this shows that Rita has now become a different person. Before Frank had met Rita he was unhappy with his life he was drinking a lot, bored of lecturing and teaching so he decided he would so some work with the Open University and of course Rita was his first student. 'Can I offer you a drink? ... Scotch' After Rita has been to Summer School, she treats Frank differently. She has realised that she doesn't just need Frank as a teacher anymore