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Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...Public Understanding of Science and author of What We Cannot Know. Here’s Marcus to introduce the course. Transcript Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...health. I was asked if I would like to volunteer to help with the children in St. Patrick's Primary. My PNC check through working with the police still covered me. Which meant I was allowed to come and work with the children. After a check, Miss Campbell requested if I would like to come and help with the primary ones with Miss Kelly, which I was more than happy to do. I...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...public money. But no, the old days it was very free and easy I would say and a very appreciative audience, because a lot of things hadn’t been seen then. These days I think the problem is that almost anything you want to show has been seen somehow before. I think the big new series, there’s one called One Planet, there’s another one called Our Planet; these are two...
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Video 30 mins
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...publication on his own child, children have been central to psychology. One of the most influential developmental psychologists was Jean Piaget, who was a keen observer of children. His work imagined the child to be a little bit like a scientist trying to figure out how the world works. [Coloured silhouettes showing life changes from baby to eldery person.] Figure 3...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...public. So it is fitting that one of the climate change research institutes in the UK, with a particular focus on an interdisciplinary approach and communication with the public, local authorities, business, etc., is named after him - the Tyndall Centre in Norwich. Box 2 'Exciting' molecular vibrations The chemical bonds that hold a molecule together are like springs and,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...public your thoughts in this way, you can simply substitute the blog posts for entries into an unshared document, and omit the Twitter activity. However, we recommend that you do create a Twitter account and do the activities associated with it if at all possible, as this does add a great deal of value to your networking practice. We will look at pedagogy associated with...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...health risks and potential harm from drink-fuelled crime, that’s the more insidious aspect of Peak Booze: the mental baggage it has left us with. I wouldn’t say any of my close friends are alcoholic, but a fair few of us are more dependent than we’d like on that cold glass of white wine or cheeky gin and tonic at the end of the day. It’s important to me to know...
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Article 10 mins
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...health and working on a wide variety of biological problems, as the rest of the world struggled to come to terms with the implications of evolution. [Figure 1] Figure 1 Charles Darwin (1809-1882) The word 'evolution' means 'change over time' and it can be used in relation to anything that has a history; thus, we could describe the evolution of the motor car or of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs