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Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...technology has been developing since the invention of photovoltaic technology (which is the technology used in solar panels that convert solar energy to electricity) in the mid 1950s and, although still expensive, is now becoming increasingly viable for meeting a home’s energy requirements. To function effectively, however, solar panels need as much direct sunlight as...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...technologies. After completing the course, you will be able to analyse, understand and use digital content, to assess information technologies critically, and to integrate digitally-driven methodologies and media to develop your own research...In this free course, Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age, you will learn how the digital transformation of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...education and other areas of policy implementation in Scotland. Throughout the twentieth century, housing, health, social services and other sectors came under the auspices of the Scotland Office in London. Devolution shifted responsibility to the reconvened Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in 1999 and along with this a range of other areas of public services were classed...
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Article 10 mins
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...Education Quality Mark. You study eight straight-forward online sessions of 1-2 hours each with: plenty of step-by-step animations and practical tips to help you straight away real-life case studies featuring current school students and university students who reflect on their experiences living away from home for the first time useful videos from money experts There are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...technology and education, that integrate elements of citizen science (such as the iSpot and Treezilla platform) within the scope of teaching and learning. Courses are from undergraduate to postgraduate study: Environment: responding to change The biology of survival Developing subject knowledge for the primary years Technology-enhanced learning: foundations and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...educate, to inform and to entertain. In Evan Davis, the BBC has found someone who can do all three with remarkable ease and wonderful effectiveness. The mission to education is what binds the OU and the BBC together, and it is also what links us with Evan Davis. Evan has been associated with a number of OU BBC productions in recent times. Currently, he is hosting another...
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Article 5 mins
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...educational preparation of practitioners. The concept of emotional resilience may be familiar to you in relation to children and adult service users (Gilligan, 2009; Smith and Hollinger-Smith, 2015). Simply defined, it refers to people’s capacity to constructively protect themselves – and rebound – from stress. In the workplace, stress is ‘the adverse reaction...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...technology, but about the system and the people within the system. When he trains healthcare professionals, he avoids using words like ‘risk’, which mean different things in medicine and engineering, and instead asks questions to get them thinking about the system. “We need to look through the eyes of the healthcare providers to see the challenges and to understand...
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Article 5 mins