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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...community park to hold more rainwater, restoring a peatland landscape to soak up more carbon dioxide, or enhancing a seagrass bed to create a richer habitat for marine wildlife could all be considered examples of a nature-based solution. Working in partnership with nature to bring benefits to people is not new. For thousands of years, residents in tropical countries have...
Good hair: perceptions of racism
Education & Development

Good hair: perceptions of racism

...itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive...[Good Hair interactive launch page - two black women styling their hair]Select the image above to launch the interactive. Please note, this interactive contains depictions of racism, which you may find upsetting....
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...communication technologies that drive our networked world and how they now permeate our everyday lives...We now live in a global village where distance is no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact. This free course, IT in everyday life, will enable you to gain an understanding of the information and communication technologies that drive our networked world and...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What is socialisation? The one minute guide
Education & Development

What is socialisation? The one minute guide

...community'] Basically, socialisation is a general term for the many different ways and processes by which children come to be able to function as members of their social community. It is in part a process of learning and in part a process of being taught, but modern views of socialisation also stress the active role of children in making sense of their social world, and...
What is the national learning hub for volunteers?
Education & Development

What is the national learning hub for volunteers?

...communication equality, diversity and inclusion safeguarding mental health dementia learning disability health and safety fluid and nutrition basic life support key skills Get started and discover content with our website for volunteers. [Helpforce I work with volunteers] I work with volunteers Do you want to continue your professional development and identify future...
Working and Learning In Sport and Fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working and Learning In Sport and Fitness

...communication, teaching methods and customer care, it’s relevant to those instructing, coaching or managing others in a range of sport and fitness settings. The eight video tracks on this album follow professionals working in a gym, a sports college and an ice-rink. They demonstrate how to encourage motivation, how to delegate and how to improve your own instructional...
Environment: LA River
Nature & Environment

Environment: LA River

...communities. But laying ever more concrete and asphalt is no longer the way to meet 21st Century environmental needs; an alternative approach to flood protection and habitat restoration is necessary. This material forms part of The Open University course U216 Environment... Environment: LA River A short introduction to this album. Who Killed the LA River? The worst floods...
Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...community which existed in narrow, working class streets. Even the master himself, Le Corbusier, had, with his Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, signalled a new approach to social housing: relatively low-rise blocks, packed with amenities. Park Hill is one of the most spectacular examples of new approaches to communal living in post-war Britain. Consisting of 995...