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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) in Lund, Sweden. Her research is on sustaining food and wine systems under climate change. In other words, she seeks a more sustainable, fair, healthy and delicious food system- and good wine to go with it. Her interest in sustainable food is rooted in five generations of farming history in her hometown of Sonoma, California....
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Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Research Fellow with AstrobiologyOU. She is interested in the processes that occur deep below the surface of planets and how the interactions of fluids and rocks might create habitable environments. She talked with Dr Ann Grand, Senior Lecturer in Astrobiology Education, about her route to astrobiology, her current research and where her work might go in the future...Find...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...research provided an invaluable base especially for the Open University programmes in 1983 (Regan and Breathnach, 1981). Using a rural area in the West of Ireland also links the programmes directly to the next series in this collection, on Northeast Mayo. Southwest Donegal and Northeast Mayo are similar in many respects but the areas have experienced different forms of...
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Who lives where?
Education & Development

Who lives where?

...children's expectations of who might live in what home...[Everett House] The aim of this activity is to explore your child’s expectations about types of dwellings and the people that live in them. You can do this by using the three pictures of houses as starting points for your child to tell some stories about the people that live in them. [Who lives where interactive]...
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...research into sustainable chemistry is vital to reduce both the use of resources and the environmental impact of society on the planet...Find out more about The Open University's Chemistry courses. Sustainable use of resources must be considered because fossil fuels and other mined commodities are being depleted, and there is increasing demand from humanity. Achieving...
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EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...research you conducted. [Fig 1 - The research cycle: Communication]Figure 1 The research cycle: communicationShow descriptionFigure 1 illustrates the research cycle represented by a circle divided into four segments. Around the circumference of the circle are arrows indicating this is an ongoing process. The four segments are (clockwise) design, data collection, data...
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School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...centre of local provision for a wide range of options, from health centres to full community facilities. These ‘extended schools’, as the government terms them, offer an opportunity for schools to contribute to and work more closely with their communities. Click on the links below: Extended Schools: providing opportunities and services for all and Extended schools:...
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Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities
Money & Business

Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities

...research tending to look at more clearly defined positions. The purpose of this paper is to report on initial data from an on-going Leadership Foundation funded project investigating the role of Associate Dean in UK universities. To answer the study’s research questions, an embedded, sequential mixed methods design has been adopted. Read more: Exploring the role of...
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