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Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome
Education & Development

Five tips for tackling imposter syndrome

...work and your journey up to this point has led you to here – this means that you are good enough. 3. Join social groups Universities have social groups set up to help you meet new people with a shared interest. They offer an opportunity to share some of your concerns and meet new people before you even start. 4. Visualise success Keep in mind what you are working...
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Financial strategy and private finance initiative
Money & Business

Financial strategy and private finance initiative

...work Calderdale's decision-making process for choosing PFI Risk and money A look at how the monetary risks inherent in a PFI project are calculated and managed. Contract negotiation Dawn Stephenson and Haydn Cook discuss their experiences of securing a PFI deal for Calderdale hospital. Calderdale hospital From securing the funding to completing the construction of...
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What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are nerve agents - and what do they do?

...work...[Members of the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD CST) scan a survey team member for nerve or blister agents with chemical detection equipment during a casualty evacuation drill. ] The US navy at Pearl Harbor holds a drill, including scanning a person for signs of chemical contamination The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
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The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...work in pursuit of supplementing the experience of reading with something more immediate, sensory, and experimental. What exactly then does the writer’s desk and chair ‘mean’? What is its value? Commercially, it has lent lustre to the hotel for sure, and doubtless the suite commands a premium price. Culturally, the writer’s desk typically stages the place and end...
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...work and education with caring responsibilities. The Open University helps get carers back into education and this article explains how much support is available...Find out about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses. The long-term shift towards an ageing population, lower use of institutional care, improved longevity of those with lifelong disabilities and...
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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...work in reducing re-offending. According to official sources, 42% of adult prisoners report having been permanently excluded from school. Out of 101,600 learners, under the previous OLASS (Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) contracts for prison education, only 100 prisoners participated in a full Level 3 course (equivalent to ‘A’ level) in 2014/15, with none...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my mother, she’d say it was because she didn’t send me to space camp, so I didn't get space out of my system! I’ve loved space since I was a kid. As a teenager, I was sure that I was going to become an atmospheric chemist and study...
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What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known as a confidence-and-supply agreement with one or more of the minor parties. As the title suggests, a confidence-and-supply agreement has two distinct strands. By convention, in order to remain in office, a government must retain...
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