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EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...project. People do an EPQ for all sorts of reasons. Why do you want to do an EPQ?...The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. Why do...
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‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...projects is different, but many are defined by an open-access philosophy, meaning that the hardware and software that makes up the sensors can be freely modified and developed by any user. The same applies to the data generated by sensors, which is uploaded to online platforms, where it is available for further dissemination and discussion. Some sensors are offered as...
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The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University

...projects that seek to build wellbeing among children and young people – so we work with children, young people, their families, and those who seek to support them, such as health advocates or policy makers. Addressing children and young people’s wellbeing in body, mind and media, the Centre currently builds research and advocacy on: Food, food practices, food...
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The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!
Miscellaneous

The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!

...projects and received a range of awards for his educational innovation projects. Bart is World Champion Transplant cycling Team Time Trial 2017, the first academic with a transplant to be promoted to full professor, and a keen explorer of life. In The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want! Bart will describe how his research into...
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Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...introduction to a number of different aspects of sustainability that impact on Scotland and the wider world...Sustainable Scotland is a free course that will appeal to anyone with an interest in a sustainable future in the context of contemporary Scottish society. It will give you a broad-based introduction to a number of different aspects of sustainability that impact on...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...project or research study. Transcript The presentations took place on Thursday 27 January 2022 as part of the OpenTalks series of events run by The Open University in Wales. The event was also made possible by the British Psychological Society. Read more about the speakers and their presentations below. Keynote lecture: Child language brokering as a family care practice:...
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Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...manager who openly stated before the tournament that he felt he had a winning squad. Roll forward to 2016 and exactly 50 years since England’s iconic 1966 World Cup win, could this finally be England’s chance to shine? So what could make the difference? Perhaps remarkably, in 2016, England still have Hodgson at the helm, although often following a poor tournament...
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Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Managing systemic change (TU812) precursors to 2020 editions Making strategy with STiP (TB871) and Managing change with STiP (TB872). Arwen graduated with the MSc STiP in 2012. Arwen uses her qualifications and interest in systems thinking, social learning and gender to strengthen the way we present our research to make a difference in complex and contested situations....
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