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Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...changes? Read this article by Professor John Domingue and Doctor Alexander Mikroyannidis to start exploring the possibilities of blockchain in education...The challenges of traditional education models The centralised education model of the present is no longer sustainable: learning happens increasingly outside the brick-and-mortar lecture halls of schools, colleges, and...
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Article 5 mins
Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?

...change the world. One school, modernism, laid the foundation for machine-inspired design. Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair Designs don’t just have utilitarian or aesthetic functions they can also have economic, social and political ones. Here Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, discusses examples of designs that are driven...
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Video 25 mins
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)

...changes. Typical examples are Ti-6Al-4V, 900˚C; Al-7.5Si-0.5Mg, 500˚C; Fe-16.5Cr-4.5Ni-4Cu, 1200˚C. Times at temperature vary with component size, material and pressure, but are of the order of 1–4 h. Pressurising medium is a high purity inert gas, usually argon, which is cleaned and re-used. Cooling is by means of internal heat exchangers and takes approximately 1 h...
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Article 5 mins
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...changed over the years. A comparative approach provides opportunities to learn about the approaches taken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. You will explore topical issues surrounding young people and crime, such as how rates of victimisation and offending vary, with particular reference to the ways age, gender, race and social class shape young people’s experience of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...change in your teaching. Good luck. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism
History & The Arts

Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism

...changed the face of Mecca, angering many who complain of cultural vandalism as the city’s older quarters are being erased and replaced by high-rise complexes and luxury hotels for rich pilgrims, while poorer pilgrims find it increasingly difficult to afford lodgings. At the same time, the kingdom’s official tourist agency promotes these new edifices as sightseeing...
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Article 5 mins
UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...changed significantly in the past 20 years. The average size of clothing manufacturers has shrunk dramatically to 8.6 employees, meaning that regulatory authorities are faced with a large number of small firms that are hard to keep track of, as they are often registered and wound up at astonishing speed. And, having to regulate corporate taxes, minimum wages, right to...
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Article 5 mins
What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...changes to the key functions of key actors in the system the landscape has changed hugely I think we just need to have a fresh look. The government assures us that it does have a vision for education: “A world class education system in which all schools are academised. Yet it is becoming harder and harder to buy into this “vision” when viewed through the prism of...
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Article 5 mins