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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...Open University offers colleagues to fulfil public commitments. Emily’s advice to anyone thinking about becoming a magistrate? “Do it! You’re playing a big role in your community and a valuable role in the judiciary. If you find it doesn’t work for you or it’s not what you expected, you have the option to leave!” Find out more and search for magistrate...
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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...openness/honesty/authenticity integrity/confidentiality non-judgemental/objective enthusiasm/passion commitment/motivation to help Try to maintain a positive attitude towards coachee, known as unconditional positive regard (UPR). Yates (2014) suggests it is possible to increase UPR by reflecting on what might make this challenging (conflicting values, attitudes, personal...
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More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...2.0 Licence. All materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - Welcome to this free badged course, Understanding science: what we cannot know. It’s been developed in collaboration with Marcus du Sautoy, The Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, inspired...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
Languages

Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs

...Open University Level 2 language course, such as Motive (L203). Choose a video Subtitles in English Subtitles in German No subtitles Transcript Question: Where were the different parts of the Habsburg bodies buried and why were they buried separately? Answer: Wenn ein Habsburger gestorben ist, wurden zunächst einmal aus rein praktischen Gründen die Eingeweide entnommen,...
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Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...opened it with an interactive online tool. Pieter Pauw, an environmental scientist at the DIE who led the research team to develop the tool, says in the released statement, “The (I)NDCs are a cornerstone for implementing the Paris Agreement. But apart from countries’ overall mitigation targets, the content of (intended) nationally determined contributions has been...
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Video 5 mins
Prospecting for water on the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Prospecting for water on the Moon

...Open University is at the forefront of a new wave of missions to the Moon. I lead a team working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop new instruments to prospect for lunar water. The first project is building for ESA a miniature science laboratory called ProSPA which will land near the south pole in 2024. Samples drilled from on and below the surface will be...
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Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit

...Open University seminar series, which is funded by the British Psychological Society (BPS). The seminars explore how citizenship is reconfigured in the era of Brexit using insights from social psychology and other social sciences. In a previous contribution to the MiM blog, I considered the value of developing a social psychology of citizenship. In that post, I suggested...
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