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Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...research focuses on the current impacts of climate change on wildlife. Parmesan’s early research spanned multiple aspects of the behavior, ecology and evolution of insect/plant interactions in natural systems. The emergence of anthropogenic global warming as a major threat steered her research to focus on biological impacts of climate change in natural systems. Her...
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Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...Research some examples of historical context where religion played a role in both violence and in promoting toleration. You could consider the extent to which one or more of the ‘Points for Consideration’ is relevant to your example. A good place to start for researching the role religion has in promoting toleration and contributing to violence is the website of the...
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Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...research and development, innovation, government technology policy, education, information and communications technology, and transport. It also encompasses the consequences of these for the economy and those within it. Activity 2 Identifying the impact of PEST factors Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Think of an example from each of these four areas – political,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...research suggests that those who garden experience less fatigue and stress, two symptoms commonly found in carers. Furthermore, gardening can boost physical fitness, including building strength. This could support the carer in the physical aspects of their caring role. In the next section you will explore the benefits of physical activity to both physical and mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...research knows the graph. It plots the change in annual consumption of alcohol in the UK, calculated in litres of pure alcohol per person. (None of us drinks pure alcohol, thankfully; one litre of pure alcohol is equivalent to 35 pints of strong beer.) In 1950, Brits drank an average of 3.9 litres per person. Look to the right and at first the line barely rises. Then, in...
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...research into babies’ and toddlers’ engagement with the outdoors. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...researchers such as Brian Wynne and Alan Irwin. From your own experience, have you sensed that, in Miller's words, ‘a new age of public understanding of science’ has been entered? Bodmer's deficit model approach, though now largely superseded, put particular emphasis on imparting science information to the public. Part of the reason this model was increasingly...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...research with people who have had an operation that splits the left hemisphere of the brain from the right hemisphere of the brain...Starting with psychology: 2.2 The story of the split brain patients - A surgical procedure that cuts through the corpus callosum has provided evidence to support the different specialisations of the left and right hemispheres of the brain....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs