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Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...become a key part of border control – as it already is for non-EU citizens with a permanent right to remain. Applications on the up As they wait for post-referendum migration statistics to emerge, the government has been preparing in order to avoid a backlog. Data from before the referendum showed a rise in applications. During the first two quarters of 2016, official...
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...student travel; the purchase and use of ICT devices; printed educational materials and paper; student residential energy use; and campus buildings and site operations (Caird et al. 2015b). This enabled a carbon-based environmental assessment of the main sources of the energy and carbon dioxide emissions involved in the production and delivery of HE modules/courses which...
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Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...OU brings as a partner in developing and widening Open and Distance Learning (ODL)-based higher education is being free of baggage, by virtue of its young age, that many old universities carry from colonial history. It is therefore arguably well equipped to approach current debates like decolonising curricula with fresh eyes and a clearer conscience. How the partnership...
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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...OU's Nick Power explains...For those of us who don’t know any better one must be wondering what all this hullabaloo is about bomb squads descending on schools to remove and destroy old chemical stock. The news has been a washed this week with such reports calling on police to destroy a common lab reagent. [Ketone derivative of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, forming...
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Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...students. PLEASE NOTE: This course is over 10 years old and due for academic review. You may find infomation that has become dated in its current contents, such as the mention of Connexions...Successful transitions – whether from lower secondary to upper secondary, into work-based training or university, or into work at any age – are life-enhancing for individuals and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)
Science, Maths & Technology

The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)

...student, both from the OU's Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute. "The equipment" is an aluminium contraption about two and a half metres high, of tripod shape with a horizontal arm that can drop a sensor from various heights. We are off to Chesil Beach, on the coast of Dorset. Why are two planetary scientists going to the Dorset coast? Obviously, because...
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My career goal: Childcare and education
Education & Development

My career goal: Childcare and education

...become a childminder: Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Transcript Take your learning further The...
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Space scientist: John Zarnecki
Science, Maths & Technology

Space scientist: John Zarnecki

...become essential for communication and navigation today and describes technology developed by the space programme that's set to improve our lives on Earth... Space scientist: John Zarnecki A brief introduction to this album. Big questions about our universe Zarnecki talks about the projects and ideas that drive him: sending scientific instruments into outer space, how our...
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