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DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...base of the magnet, and fasten it by tightening the nut. Fix the bolt into the chuck of a hand drill. Next, fix the sharp end of the nail in a vice (or between two heavy books) so that it’s horizontal. Bring the magnet to within about 1mm of the nail head, which should be slightly off-centre from the middle of the spinning magnet. Make sure the gap between the magnet...
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Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...based groups and teams, and suggest techniques for how to nurture and modify your professional relationships, to enhance your experience at work. There are also further resources you may find useful in the Applying Psychology at Work hub, under the themes of ‘Wellbeing for Work’, ‘Trust in the Workplace’, ‘Dealing with Change’ and ‘Signposts for Work’....
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...based groups and online protest movements concerned with bringing about social change in the US. They include nonviolent organisations such as Baltimore’s 300 Men March movement, 2020 Leaders of America, Campaign Zero, and the more radical #WeWillShootBack and New Black Panther Party. While not as well chronicled as those political programmes focusing on racial...
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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...based in the Moss Side People’s Centre. Though it never described itself as a feminist organisation, Abasindi, a Zulu word for survivors, was actively involved in dealing with the many challenges facing Black women in the 1980s and 90s. Its projects and activities were a pragmatic expression of feminism, offering support groups for the elderly, Saturday and Summer...
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Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...base over the edge. In the aftermath of the riots, president elect Joe Biden delivered remarks from Wilmington to reassure Americans that this was an aberration. “America is so much better than what we’ve seen today”, he said. Is it though? One of the other notable things about Raphael Warnock is that he preaches at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin...
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Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...based public service professionals and members of community groups working to solve problems collaboratively and creatively. It examines some of the ways which OU specialists in creative problem solving recommend to tackle difficult problems, and how to implement them in a community setting...This free course, Collaborative problem solving for community safety, offers a...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...based on the potential cost of an unauthorised person gaining access to it. In the next section, you will use this information as part of a survey that will help you get a picture of your exposure to information security threats but you won’t be asked to share the details of your list. You’ll use this list later in the course, too...Week 1: Threat landscape: 1.6 What...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...based tasks. So if you think you’re not good with numbers, quickly answer these questions: Did you understand the video ‘Water, water everywhere’? Can you follow a recipe to bake a loaf of bread? Can you read a thermometer (or more likely, the app on your smartphone)? Can you figure out how many bars of chocolate you can buy with the loose change down the back of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs