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Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...managing human interventions associated with socio-economic and environmental development. So what is systems thinking? Why might systems approaches provide better support for strategic planning? Moreover, how might such approaches support systemic success? This free course, Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP), is divided into two parts – Part 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...project led by the University of Westminster and Network for Languages London, the LCLC has begun to work with primary schools. The Open University has taken the lead in working with teachers, helping practitioners to keep abreast of the latest academic developments in language pedagogy by providing subject-based and pedagogical training, both face to face and online....
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Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge

...project Death in the Family in Urban Senegal on the methodological complexities of producing ‘emotionally sensed knowledge’, while the post on 3 March by our co-investigator Jane McCarthy explored What We Don’t Know in Cross-Cultural Research. Given our focus on understanding the material and emotional significance of the death of a relative, we sought to engage in...
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Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?
History & The Arts

Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?

...projects? My family’s interests? My country’s interests? Our species’ interests? In particular, for our case, should we put aside our temporal perspective – that we are judging from the 21st Century? Putting aside our temporal perspective would lead to our judging either both tours wrong or neither wrong; the passage of time would make no difference. If we allow...
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Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...project, or visit our website to know more about the project. References Bycroft, C., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Ruiz-Ponte, C. et al. (2019) ‘Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula’, Nature Communications 10(551). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w Chacón-Duque, JC., Adhikari, K.,...
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From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements
Society, Politics & Law

From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements

...projects, and exploring their ideas and motivations...[A conversation at Who Are We?] In the conversations and videos below, you will get the chance to read, see and listen to aspects of the artist – academic collaboration and knowledge exchange, leading to the co-production of the event. Aspects of the co-production have been informed by a participatory approach the...
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Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on the findings of a research project called 'Invisible Witnesses' to explore these questions. In so doing he considers some of the implications of the 1950s stereotype for how scientists are perceived in the public sphere... Imagining Scientists Looking at the 'mad scientist' stereotype and comparing it with reality....
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...manage campus buildings and site operations, for example, regarding building construction and operations, procurement processes, information and communication technologies (ICT) systems efficiency, pollution control, water and waste management, and campus design and planning policies aimed at preserving green spaces, wildlife and biodiversity and so on. [A small tree-like...
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