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Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance
Education & Development

Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance

...Work. DSA helps with costs of specialist equipment, non-medical helpers, additional disability-related travel costs and other disability-related costs of study. DSA doesn’t cover any disability-related costs you would normally have, separate to studying, such as personal care support. It also doesn’t cover costs that all students would have while studying. In Wales,...
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Video 5 mins
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...working with children and young people. It identifies different reflexive considerations for adult researchers as a continuous journey of assent/consent from inception of research projects through to the dissemination of results. The resource complements the Becoming an ethical researcher OpenLearn course and connects with The Open University website Our voices: research...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...working on strength, speed and agility. Sport: Training and nutrition A look at variety in a training program and the benefits of interval training and pliometrics to the athlete. It also shows the importance of a balanced an nutritious diet. Sport: Youth football training A look at changes in training and how the workouts have been developed to mimic actions in the sport...
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Audio 54 mins
Darwin and language diversity
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and language diversity

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Darwin and language diversity A short introduction to this album. A Darwinian approach to language What happens when you apply Darwin to the development of language? Mark Pagel and Quentin Atkinson explore the parallels. Conservation and...
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Audio 28 mins
Structural Integrity: Materials Testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

...working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials. Toughness Testing Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement. Interpreting Results Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines. Damage Analysis How to calculate whether damage has compromised...
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Audio 41 mins
Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...work, management is a crucial part of ensuring quality of service and care for users and staff, and the development of services and standards into the future. The discussions and interviews in this album focus on the importance of management strategies and techniques and garner the opinions and insights of staff at all levels, as well as those in care. These in-depth and...
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Audio 2 hrs 47 mins
Evolution and the human family
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution and the human family

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © The British Council 2009... Evolution and the family A short introduction to this album. How families have evolved What happens when you apply Darwin to human social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach. Dismantle the family with Darwinian tools The...
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Audio 27 mins
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...working in groups; 'The Town Meeting' - interactive stories and 'Let me do the Cooking Mama' - practical tasks. These dramas are not 'perfect' lessons but raise questions about different strategies which teachers can use to enhance their pupils’ learning... TESSA - Let me do the Cooking Mama Mama Fati's daughter and friend try to help in the kitchen. Unfortunately, they...
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Audio 24 mins