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Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...project, which is that a smart city uses digital data to improve its management somehow. But I think we're rather less fixated in our research project on the idea of data and smart technologies specifically, because there are a lot of other aspects to a small city, which enable a city to become smart or not. For example, the kind of policies that its local authority has,...
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...Introduction The OpenLearn platform is home to around 1,000 free courses, thousands of videos, articles and educational activities and serves as the OER output of The Open University (UK). When launched in 2006 supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, its aim was to release OER as a by-product of the formal taught curriculum, which in turn...
Ecosystems: living communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: living communities

...introduction to this album What is an ecosystem? How the definition of an ecosystem as "a living system of energy transfer" arose The energy cycle Understanding the role of the sun, carbon, and energy interactions between organisms in ecosystems Humans enter the equation How human activity affects the delicate energy balance in an ecosystem with often adverse consequences...
The Arch Never Sleeps
Science, Maths & Technology

The Arch Never Sleeps

...introduction to this album. Introduction to Ely and Chartres Cathedral A brief history of these two stunning Cathedrals, looking at their architecture and engineering. Stone John Trapp looks at stone as a building material, especially it's use in building the Parthenon in Greece. The Arch Using models, Professor Francis Evans explains how arches stay standing. John Trapp...
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...project and independently evaluate the young people's achievements, behaviour and outcomes to assess the benefits of the mentoring project. HEAR FROM ALEXA AND CAROLINE IN THE VIDEOS BELOW ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MENTOR. ALEXA - MENTOR CAROLINE - PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR TRANSCRIPT TranscriptAbout the project The Milton Keynes Enterprise Mentors programme was delivered by...
What is it like to research death and loss?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is it like to research death and loss?

...projects, online items, and publications – links to these can be found in the further resources below. Transcript. Further resources Centre for Open Thanatology on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openthanatology.bsky.social You can find publications written by Centre for Open Thanatology members via the Open University library:
NHS Citizen
Society, Politics & Law

NHS Citizen

...manage the NHS Citizen design process: The Tavistock Institute, Involve, The Democratic Society and Public-i. […] All four organisations are responsible for the delivery, engagement and operation of this website and the other project resources we’re developing, but are directly funded by – and answerable to – NHS England.” It was initiated by government,...
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...project which is concerned to uncover a largely hidden past: women’s involvement in workplace struggles across Scotland since the early 1900s... [OU Scotland logo Dark blue] [Scottish Union Learn] This collection of learning materials is primarily concerned with exploring women’s (often hidden) role in struggles in the workplace across Scotland over the period from...