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Make a changing world a better place
Science, Maths & Technology

Make a changing world a better place

...work remotely and keep their businesses running efficiently. At NSC we believe that an understanding of technology is essential for anyone entering, or already part of, the business world. We also believe that education should be available to all. That is why NSC has partnered with The Open University and OpenLearn to provide free courses and training to anyone looking to...
Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...STIP in my professional context working in sustainability. I have been learning by doing systems practice for the past 5 years or so, using diagramming to better understand and communicate complex situations. I'm now a postgraduate student, continuing to learn about systems techniques and lineages, aiming to improve my systemic perception of the world as I see it”....
Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...health promotion work is the need for respectful and positive relationships with parents and carers. The findings helped to set the onward agenda for a larger scale study which will foreground the voices of practitioners and highlight the role that ECEC practitioners can play in promoting the health of children. [Connecting Unseen Dots] Download video transcript...
Essential skills for OU study
Education & Development

Essential skills for OU study

...Work through the courses at your own pace and in your own time, or focus on a specific skill you’d like to improve. ‘Being an OU student’ is recommended for all newly-enrolled OU students. So welcome (or welcome back) to studying with the OU. Bookmark this page and use these free resources as and when you need them. This collection of resources was compiled from...
Chance, Risk and Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Chance, Risk and Health

...work of one man prepared the way. But few people today know of the achievements of Ronald Aylmer Fisher. The four video tracks on this album investigate the enduring legacy of a largely unknown genius. The material forms part of the course SMK184 Chance, Risk... Chance, Risk and Health A short introduction to this album. Reinventing Statistics Fisher's principles are at...
Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...work to model the entire planet's ecosystems, simulating the complex physical, chemical and biological interactions taking place between every living organism and climatic activity. Since everything is interconnected, Earth systems modelling can help our understanding of how the Earth's processes affect each other. For example, by increasing the rate of decay of leaf...
Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...work began in the 1950s when two cultural anthropologists, called Margaret Mead and Rhoda Métraux, drew on the perceptions of American high-school students to produce a image of a scientist. Their findings, published in the journal Science, described a stereotype that still features in some forms of popular culture. The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on...
Vikings - just misunderstood?
History & The Arts

Vikings - just misunderstood?

...work in entirely new ways, and technological change was both a cause and an effect of this. While many Viking artefacts of the period are familiar, the complex methods that lay behind their manufacture are less well-known. Each involved a specialised set of skills, tools and raw materials, which meant craftspeople were reliant not only on a market for sale, but also on a...