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Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...project involved input from members of the public, regulators, professionals, employers, lawyers and the public. Its aim was to find out about public experiences of the Fitness to Practise process and what regulators can do to improve it. As part of the project, the OpenLearn course Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses' experiences of Fitness to Practise...
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The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary
Science, Maths & Technology

The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary

...project to the foundation of the internet. Linux runs on everything from your wireless router and Android Smartphone to CERN's most powerful computer. It has championed a whole new philosophy of collaboration and freedom in the software development community. We will hear from its users, its innovators and its originators. This is the story of Linux. For an entry level...
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...project photograph. The history of army barracks in Ireland The building of a country-wide network of army barracks commenced in Ireland in the late seventeenth century. This came about in the aftermath of a major continental war – the War of the Grand Alliance (1689–1697). The grand alliance was led by William III of England, and included the Dutch Republic, Spain,...
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Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
Society, Politics & Law

Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette

...projects are a favoured way to kickstart stalling economies because they can quickly create jobs in areas that most need them. They also generate income that mostly gets spent, boosting other activity. Such projects can pay for themselves through extra tax revenues which then shrink the budget deficit in relation to GDP. Hammond’s quickstep addition is an annual £2...
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‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...project educates on what food allergies are and how they can severely affect health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food allergy (Food Standards Agency 2024), we hear from...
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Audio 2 hrs
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...projects being allocated funding from the £23 billion fund previously announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement. These include investment in STEM research, support for disruptive technologies, help with the high-speed broadband roll out and further transport projects to relieve local congestion. But the main announcements made today concern the country’s education and...
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Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...projects...Children and young people can choose to participate in a variety of community, research and policy driven projects. Ellie Jones was awarded the Diana Anti-bullying Champion Award in 2010 for her work with Changing Faces - a charity that supports young people living with a facial disfigurement and works to tackle appearance-based discrimination. Ellie has been...
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Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...projects (plan, implement and review; collect, analyse and manage relevant information). You should now also understand how fundraisers might work in your organisation and the challenges they face...Week 5: Introducing fundraising: 5.1 Learning from the fundraising process - As you heard earlier, when Anna was talking about the organ fundraising project, the people...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs