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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University

...study with the OU Over 3,000 students have received financial assistance to help them continue studying through the pandemic and beyond More than 1,000 students have received bursaries and grants to help them pursue their ambitions How you can help So many students are already rewriting their futures through the Open Futures Fund of scholarships and bursaries, yet there...
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Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...study. But given the gradual demographic fall in the number of 18-year-olds since 2011, there will not be enough of these potential students to have a significant impact on aspirations for a more equal society – to say nothing of addressing Britain’s skills shortages. My own research suggests the key disadvantaged group on which universities could have a quicker, and...
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What is a Professional Doctorate?
Education & Development

What is a Professional Doctorate?

...skills and become champions of change within their professional areas. The programmes promote the creation and interpretation of new professional knowledge and practice, thus contributing to the development of new ideas, methods or approaches. Your professional identity as a doctoral student involves being a person who conducts research, produces a thesis and participates...
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Good Mock COP, Bad Mock COP
Education & Development

Good Mock COP, Bad Mock COP

...study first-year university level modules while still at school. [Reporter Becca Cooper gets the inside scoop from the Brazilian and Swedish delegations at Culloden Academy.] Reporter Becca Cooper gets the inside scoop from the Brazilian and Swedish delegations at Culloden Academy. Six delegate nations were assembled – Culloden Academy representing The Federative...
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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...studies. This blog will review the day, whilst considering the contemporary surge of interest in citizenship and the methods with which it is studied. In recent years, the study of citizenship has developed rigorous theoretical and methodological principles, and has been consolidated as an emergent, interdisciplinary field of study. Citizenship studies draws on ......
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Introduction to analysis
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Introduction to analysis

...studying M208 are expected to read through a number of proofs to improve understanding of the course material and to develop mathematical skills, including producing convincing arguments and problem solving. Introduction to analysis consists of material from M208 Unit AA1, Numbers, and has five sections in total. You should set aside between three to four hours to study...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to group theory
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Introduction to group theory

...studying M208 are expected to read through a number of proofs to improve understanding of the course material and to develop mathematical skills, including producing convincing arguments and problem solving. Introduction to group theory consists of material from M208 Unit GTA1, Symmetry, and has five sections in total. You should set aside between three to four hours to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Linear programming – the basic ideas
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Linear programming – the basic ideas

...skills needed to represent real optimization problems as mathematical models, and with techniques used in numerical analysis and operational research for solving these models by computer. Explaining how and when modelling and numerical techniques can be applied, the course covers solutions of non-linear equations; systems of linear and non-linear equations and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs