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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...management and prefects to encourage students to do their best. The Assistant Head Girl talks about the ripple effects of the education provided by the school – she uses her own education to teach her siblings, help her parents (who are illiterate) and working as an assistant in local aid agency projects. She, like others at the school, thus provides vital community...
Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...managing a stressful situation at work. In short, all the things that may cause us suffering or stress, and the actions we take to ensure that we don’t burn out or over stretch ourselves in ways that may make us unwell. As we are all individuals, the things that offer us moments of calm and psychological nourishment vary, and as a result our self-care practices will...
Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...management of natural resources both for those living today and for those in the future, in a manner that is just and fair, including for people on the margins of society. The third leg stands for what I term “cultures of peace”. These take the form of fairness, respect, compassion, forgiveness, recompense and justice. The three legs of the stool support the seat,...
The art of performing under pressure
Health, Sports & Psychology

The art of performing under pressure

...manage. Why else would we still talk about Gareth Southgate’s penalty miss in 1996, Dustin Johnson’s final-hole three-putt meltdown at the 2015 US Open, or Jana Novotna’s Wimbledon tears in 1993. One man who could have helped all three athletes is Dave Alred OBE, the rugby union kicking coach whose methods helped Johnny Wilkinson kick England to World Cup success in...
Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...Managers, 1838 to 1865: https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/21752/1/Mills%20proof%20German%20Mine%20Managerspdf.pdf Gold from Highlands mine to be made into Scottish jewellery, The Guardian, 2 January 2020: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/02/gold-highlands-mine-scottish-jewellery Cononish Gold and Silver Mine, Scotland, Mining Technology:
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...managers in England’s top four divisions consisting of 92 professional clubs (5%). There isn’t one black club owner or senior administrator at a club yet there are around 160 BAME players in Premiership out of a total of 500 players (32%). When you read the comments on social media platforms and mainstream media, the main reason that we don’t have more BAME coaches...
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course introduces you to the different sources of law in England and Wales. The course begins by providing an overview of the different sources of law. It then considers what is meant by democracy and how and by whom proposed legislation is initiated, before introducing you to the Westminster Parliament, which creates legislation. It is...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...Introduction - This course looks at the process of design – from assessing the complexity of design as an activity, to exposing the difficulty in making general conclusions about how designers work. You will be able to identify innovation in a wide variety of designed objects and evaluate the impact of this innovation. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs