[eal-bilingual] Open Learn website

I agree. It really is worth a good look. It promises a course of real  depth, 
that attends not so much to what compels refugees to flee  or where they are 
from, but turns the focus on 'us', to the complex issues that  shape our 
country's attitudes and reception of refugees...why the debate is so  charged and 
what indeed is at stake. The section on how the law of refugee  status 
discriminates against women is an example of this, as is the effects of  the asylum 
process on refugees' mental health. Some very useful information in  the pages 
on display too, eg. the immigration/asylum legislation developments  since 
1905.....and a very poignant and (retrospectively) shocking picture of the  
deportation of Czech Jews from Croydon airport in 1939......

Thanks Frank for bringing this to our attention.

Tim Spafford

In a message dated 14/04/2008 16:27:05 GMT Standard Time,  
cathie.lacey at wlv.ac.uk writes:

Frank, I  think the openlearn  learning space is fantastic and I recommend 
anyone  on the list who hasn't seen it to take a look.
Cathie Lacey  

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From:  eal-bilingual-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk on behalf of F.Monaghan
Sent: Mon  4/14/2008 10:53
To: For practitioners involved in teaching pupils from  ethnic 
andlinguisticminorities
Subject: [eal-bilingual] Open Learn website  - refugees

Dear all,

my institution (the Open  University) has set up an open access site
containing freely accessible  materials from some of our courses, which
can be accessed via  www.openlearn.open.ac.uk .

A recent addition thatI thought people might  find of interest is on 'Who
counts as a  refugee':

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3490

Best  wishes,

Frank

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