Day 51, Year of #Mygration: Volunteering with Refugees

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This course is designed to give volunteers an understanding of the backgrounds, current situations and needs of refugees from a wide range of contexts. The course provides strategies and techniques for supporting the diverse needs of refugees and has a specific focus on language support, which may be provided in formal or informal settings (e.g. classrooms or informal support groups). The course has been developed by a group of experts from Crisis Classroom and Cambridge English and is hosted on The Open University's FutureLearn platform.

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OU research calls for age‑inclusive learning ecosystems

A new research paper led by an Open University expert in ageing well, argues that the UK must urgently rethink how it supports health and wellbeing outcomes for ageing populations, ideally utilising inclusive and participatory engagement to nurture learning in later life.

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