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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...courses and qualifications. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, starting from January 22nd, 2023 (Chinese New Year's Day), and ending on February 9th, 2024. The sign of the rabbit is a symbol of longevity, mercy, elegance, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture. The rabbit is a tame and tender animal, and swift in movement. People born in...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...courses and qualifications. To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90º north and the South Pole latitude 90º south. Lines of...
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Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...course of the pandemic we recognised that the risk of dying because of COVID-19 is twice as high for obese people than people with healthy BMI. The question we should be asking is: whose job really is to inform the public about this terribly important finding, if not ours, the researchers’? Also, what role should our institutions (Universities or otherwise) should be...
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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...course I am keeping going some of my work with media and environment, helping broadcasters and others to think about how they might cope with global environmental change issues, particularly climate change. I don’t think that work will ever end, but I have to say just in the last six months I’ve seen some of the best media projects I’ve seen in a very long time,...
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Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people
Education & Development

Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people

...courses available on OpenLearn. This platform has enabled her to pursue Further Education (FE College) and Higher Education through The Open University due to its uniquely inclusive ethos that supports learning regardless of age, income, or background. Most courses do not require young people to hold prior qualifications. The Open University is open to all. A significant...
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Autumn on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

Autumn on OpenLearn

...course...1: Walk among the autumnal landscape The woods provide the perfect backdrop for an autumn walk, with an array of rich colours and woodland creatures. Why not take a walk there and check out the nature happening around you? Here are some free resources to inspire you to do so. 2: Make the most of the night sky October provides the Orionids and the Draconids –...
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...courses and other resources to help you thrive in an ever-changing digital hybrid world...This toolkit offers holistic, human-centred approaches for organisations making the shift to sustainable hybrid working and digital futures. You’ll learn about a range of topics in the collection, including: Digital skills and leadership Digital transformation and building a...
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Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses... How to present your results A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be presented using different ways. So how do you choose the right type of graph to use? Making it all add...
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