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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Scotland as well as articl collections on Red Cydeside. Transcripts STUDENTS Open University students who use OpenLearn are 5-10% more likely to pass and progress to their next module, than those who do not. Interested in our full course catalogue now? We understand studying after a number of years can be daunting so every new student about to take on an OU module studies...
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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...Scotland indicates the need for a minimum of 12,000 of these over the next five years. But there is a question mark around what “affordable” actually means and if this will be of any use to those with the greatest housing need. Affordable housing in the Scottish report, for example, was categorised as: A broader category of housing tenures that includes social...
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Scotland (2018) ‘Timex 25th anniversary: When workers fought the bosses to a standstill’, 31 January: https://socialistpartyscotland.org.uk/2018/01/31/timex-25th-anniversary-workers-fought-bosses-standstill/ Tomlinson, Jim; Phillips, Jim; Wright, Valerie (2022) "De-industrialization: a case study of Dundee, 1951-2001, and its broad implications", Business History, 64...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Scotland, and our Wales hubs: OpenLearn Wales and OpenLearn Cymru (for English and Welsh speakers, respectively). Transcripts STUDENTS Open University students who use OpenLearn are 5-10% more likely to pass and progress to their next module, than those who do not. Interested in our full course catalogue now? We understand studying after a number of years can be daunting...
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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...Scotland have qualified in different groups and on 26 February England will be hosting their game against Spain (holders) at Wembley. National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL): 7 March The 2025 season kicks off on March 7 with the Challenge Cup in Orlando, Florida, featuring 190 matches culminating in an eight-team playoff in the fall. UEFA Women’s Euro 2025: 2–27 July...
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Being an Olympic Parent: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being an Olympic Parent: the family behind the athlete

...Scotland in rowing as a junior before taking up track cycling. At this stage, the family start to make a financial and time commitment to their child’s activities and their own interest in the sport begins to grow. At this stage, most families tend to still place emphasis on both school and sport achievement. GB ski slopestyle athlete James Woods explains how he had to...
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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group – after it had acquired the near-insolvent Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) – were provided with billions of pounds of financial support and consequently became owned by taxpayers. Under these circumstances the banks chose to cut the amount of lending with the result that households and businesses found it increasingly difficult...
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Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi
Money & Business

Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi

...Scotland Volunteering Ireland Gwirfoddoli Cymru Mae'r gwefannau yn rhestru'r prif gategorïau o waith gwirfoddol, megis lles anifeiliaid, y celfyddydau a threftadaeth, datblygu cymunedol ac ymgyrchu, ac iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol (gan gynnwys adrannau sy'n ymwneud â phobl ifanc, yr henoed, pobl anabl ac ati). Ceir is-gategorïau hefyd, e.e. ar gyfer gwirfoddoli ar...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs