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Improve your everyday maths for free
Science, Maths & Technology

Improve your everyday maths for free

...free website to help you check and improve the maths you use in daily life and at work – such as managing your money, working out measurements and understanding percentages – rather than algebra or trigonometry. The Challenge is all about boosting your confidence by giving you access to the learning resources that are right for you. It is a great stepping stone to...
Five ways to... use free software
Science, Maths & Technology

Five ways to... use free software

...free software...Owning and running a computer used to be an expensive business. However, in recent years hardware and software has come down in price significantly. The rise of the open source movement and increased competition means that it’s now possible to equip your computer with software for free. Before we look at the goodies available, a word of caution: some of...
Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...free online courses allow learners to enhance their digital and employability skills to suit any industry placement. These free, self-paced courses provide Kickstart employees an opportunity to plug any skills gaps, build their confidence and will help younger people transition into their next job, create a business or continue to explore learning pathways open to them....
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...Free School Meals not receive them? In 2012, research suggested that as more than one in four children who could be receiving Free School Meals were not taking advantage of the benefit. Angus Holford of the University of Essex carried out research into the peer effect. He found that encouraging a small number of children to take the meals had a larger knock-on effect:...
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...free them...[Charon, ferryman of Hades] Charon, who in Greek myth takes the dead on their journey from the land of the living "Imagine you wake up, locked inside a box,” says Adrian Owen. “It’s only just big enough to hold your body but sufficiently small that you can’t move. “It’s a perfect fit, down to every last one of your fingers and toes. It’s a...
Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
Science, Maths & Technology

Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel

...free us from fear? Simon Bell & Charles Cutting's graphic novel asks the question...Find out more about The Open University's Design courses and qualifications. We are all victims of fear. Project Fear has been with us for hundreds of years. So far, we have made little attempt to map fear or understand how it is used. Find out how fear is weaponised and targeted and how...
Science doesn't know how free divers do it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...course, free divers decided to do it anyway – and they swam well past those theoretical limits. How? Martina Amati, the free diver and artist involved in the project, tried to explain the mind set that goes with this extreme sport: There is an element of physicality but it’s mainly mental. That’s what is incredible about free diving. It’s not about your physical...