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Open Education Week 2017
Education & Development

Open Education Week 2017

...free!) on OpenLearn Create. You might be interested in visiting the website of the OEPS project, which celebrates open educational practices in Scotland. Follow on social media You can see the latest news about the Open Education Week and help spread the word by following along on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Why not also follow us on Twitter? Tweets by openeducationwk...
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a bit different, which in itself points to both long-standing and growing divisions between the nations of the UK, but I’ll not go into it here. What we are seeing in England, and to a certain extent Wales, is a social reaction against austerity with immigration as the bogey man. In our EU referendum the regions that supported the...
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Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?
History & The Arts

Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?

...Scotland in February. Some of the events are murder mystery focused, some are for the LGBTQIA+ community, some are bisexual only, and others are broken down into age categories. Is it possible that the restrictions on meeting during the Covid lockdown have pushed us to want more time off screen and more human connection? This Valentine’s Day the key to someone’s heart...
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Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub
Education & Development

Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub

...Scotland There are a number of ways you can use this hub. Using the topic areas, you can create your own professional development resource that you might wish to share with your colleagues. Senior leaders or Subject Leads may wish to curate a bespoke OpenLearn professional development set, aligned with your school’s priorities and shared with staff for completion in...
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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...Scotland from the differing viewpoints of sufferers and energy advisers and projects in place to combat the problems that arise Fuel Poverty: Jackie's story The personal account of fuel poverty and debt experienced by advice worker Jacqueline Carlin Fuel Poverty: Florence's story Personal accounts detailed by sufferers of fuel poverty and the various government schemes...
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Audio 2 hrs 32 mins
Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...Scotland A community designed to be sustainable, environmentally friendly and ecologically sound. Designing an eco-village The architect of Beddington zero fossil energy development talks about the advantages of living in an eco-village. The design of Hockerton The design and build of the Hockerton housing project. How effective are eco-villages? The impacts that...
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Audio 55 mins
Ready or not, we're having an election
Society, Politics & Law

Ready or not, we're having an election

...Scotland’s vote against Brexit and the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will fight the election seeking a mandate to hold a second independence referendum. If the SNP retains the vast majority of its Westminster seats – it won 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats in 2015 – Sturgeon will claim her mandate and May will find it harder to postpone a so-called #indyref2. However,...
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Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough

...Scotland in 2000, and in the rest of Great Britain in 2003. Whilst sex education guidance for schools was updated in 2010 and 2014 in Wales and Scotland respectively, guidance for schools in England has not been updated since 2000 when Section 28 was still in force. In 2017, the government made the announcement that it would make age-appropriate relationship and sex...
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