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Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...students who will be affected by climate change, let alone the millions of learners using OpenLearn. This climate change page brings together existing OpenLearn content that is directly relevant to climate change which you can study but will also feature a series of weekly articles on different aspects of climate change as seen from the perspective of different...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...becoming ‘invasive’. Astrobiology expands the discussion about species’ thresholds, their capacity, resilience and ability to survive in extreme environments beyond Earth. For example, tardigrades (water bears) are microscopic living creatures that are known to survive poor conditions on Earth by drying themselves out and slowing down the processes that support...
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Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...becoming a teaching assistant, or becoming a teacher in the future? In this free course, Primary education: listening and observing, you will have the chance to look inside primary schools, and watch and listen to children and teaching staff. You’ll also find out what head teachers look for in people who want to work or volunteer in a primary school...Would you like to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...student has said: I am never quite sure that I have understood what the figures mean. I tend to skip over the graphs or charts that I come across, hoping that I can get the information I need from the text. This is one course in a series of Student Toolkits; there are (or will be) others to help you with such things as effective use of English, essay writing, revision and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?

...students. Colour Student Journal. P. 396-406 Valdez, P., & Mehrabian, A. (1994) Effects of Colour on Emotion, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 123, No. 4, p. 394-409 Wright, A. Colour Affects. Available at http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours. Accessed 29th July 2015. Zentner, M.R., (2001) Preferences for colours and colour-emotion...
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Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...students. I’m not the only one. Twitter has an enormous reach in many areas including politics, science and business, and companies and advertisers know this only too well. From celebrities / influencers being paid to feature products on their timeline to the millions paid for advertising and featured tweets, everyone is at it. Educational institutions also promote...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...students from Columbia University demonstrating the Indian Rope Trick.]The magician Joseph Dunninger with students from Columbia University demonstrating the Indian Rope Trick ... between public and private ... Having grown up on a political faultline, Colette Bryce is aware of borders, restriction and freedoms. This comes through subtly in her personal poems when she...
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Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...students from a variety of backgrounds, who go to work in many different sectors. It may not be widely taught as a standalone subject in schools, but Art History has both a rich history and huge contemporary relevance. To give just one example, recent debates over statues representing figures such as Cecil Rhodes and Edward Colston speak directly to issues (such as the...
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