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How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead
Money & Business

How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead

...changing careers, or simply want to up your game, building your employability is one of the smartest investments you can make. But where do you begin? That’s where the OpenLearn Employability hub comes in – your go-to space for completely free, flexible and practical resources to help you boost your skills and confidence in the world of work. Here’s why it’s well...
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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...changing style), uses colours that dogs can see (rather than colours that stand out to humans), is big enough to be an easy target for a dogs (rather than a small object), can be operated by a gentle push of the nose (rather than requiring to be hit by a paw), can be adjusted to the right height to allow dogs of different sizes to operate it (rather than requiring them to...
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The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...change. It’s clever programming that keep drivers and pedestrians moving smoothly and safely, so next time you cross the road, remember that coding is literally helping you get to the other side! [Photo of the Wait button at a traffic light crossing in London] [A woman at a front desk is scanning a hair styling product with a barcode scanner. The front desk has a credit...
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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. (Ruth Bader Ginsberg) The delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo were the first Games where equal numbers of events and medals were available to females and males. The gap in the number of competitors has started to even out with around 52% athletes competing in male events and 48% in female events. In the 2020s there has...
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What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?

...change their pre-settled to settled status for no fee. They do still need to apply for pre-settled status in order to be eligible for settled status. Both schemes include EU citizens’ family members, including family members who join EU citizens in the UK before the end of 2020. They also cover family who join after that date, if the EU citizen that the family member is...
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6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales

...change. It could be anything from women’s rights to the environment, racial equity to language, public transport to housing. Some campaign groups operate in specific locations and concentrate on specific local issues, while others work right across the country (and beyond) on broader societal issues. Often, one of the best ways of finding campaign groups is through...
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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations with many of the cameras hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour. Learning locally Many local and national museums/nature organisations run various programmes. So, you may need to follow up your local connections. Meanwhile here at the home of The Open...
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The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many othersEverything is connected to everything else. That’s one of the themes that runs through A Perfect Planet. The Earth is a set of interconnected systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many others. One of the stories in the series is about tropical fig trees, the birds and...
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