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Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...communities to vote for Independence given the SNP’s stance on EU membership and with it a commitment to any Independent Scotland within Europe being part of the EUs Common Fisheries Policy, a policy that has been hugely unpopular in fishing towns across Scotland and other areas of the UK. Produced by the Scottish Government ahead of the 2014 Independence referendum,...
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Article 5 mins
Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...community open for weather experts, people passionate with weather, and people having an interest in weather. You can sign up with the online Weather-it community, create and join weather missions (investigations), collaborate with weather experts or help non-experts, meet and discuss with the other community members, and you can also win prizes every month (top...
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Article 5 mins
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...community safety, offers a range of techniques for community police officers, other community-based public service professionals and members of community groups working to solve problems collaboratively and creatively. It examines some of the ways which OU specialists in creative problem solving recommend to tackle difficult problems, and how to implement them in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...community engagement and leadership. In the previous 9 courses there has been the opportunity to build a wide range of skills in leadership, communication, working with others and decision-making, in the context of policing within a community. We advise strongly that you do not start this course until you have completed the other 9 courses. This last course is to be used...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Public health communication during a pandemic
Languages

Public health communication during a pandemic

...communication has a vital role in any national government’s response to a pandemic and that is to get the ‘right’ message to the ‘right’ people, at the ‘right’ time. But what are the ingredients of the ‘right message’ in an emergency crisis communication like the one we are currently experiencing? And what are the conditions under which the ‘right...
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Article 10 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history from the invention of writing around 5500 years ago to the mass popularity of emojis today...This free course, A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...community of readers in your classroom and/or school? If so, how will you know when you’ve achieved your goal? What are the key characteristics of such communities? Can these be seen, heard, felt, experienced? What strategies and practices will help you succeed? Is there a fail-safe route? A motorway between research and practice? Whilst this article responds to these...
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Article 10 mins
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...community activists, for young people aged 14+. The course aims to help young people think about what community means to them; to identify issues they are concerned about locally; and to develop skills to make positive choices about changing things and contributing to their community and society. In doing so it will help young people find their voice and tell their own...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs