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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...data-sparse regions in the world because of its remoteness and previous inaccessibility. “Lack of data and forecasts in the Arctic does impact on the quality of weather forecasts in other parts of the world.” That’s a worry which is echoed at the other end of the planet. A study led by Dr Julie Jones, from the department of geography at the University of Sheffield,...
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Article 10 mins
Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University
Digital & Computing

Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University

...data and held in-depth focus groups with tutors and student support stakeholders. What we uncovered reaffirmed existing disparities – but also revealed opportunities for lasting change. [Female college student studying in the library] The numbers tell a clear story. Across both academic years we studied (2019/20 and 2020/21), ethnic minority students had consistently...
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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...data than ever gathered before. The analysis of rocks samples returned from the Moon revealed that the Earth and Moon were compositionally similar. Information gathered during this golden age of space exploration proved crucial for the demise of past theories on the Moon’s formation, because none could account for all the data we have now. Even later theories that took...
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Video 15 mins
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...data can be used to compare and contrast expenditure and resource management...School business manager: developing the role: 1 A revolution in schools - The school we are in today will not be the school we are in tomorrow. This is especially apparent when the government's Extended Schools and Every Child Matters agendas for English schools are added to the mix, together...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...analysis. Over the six weeks, you’ll look at how language is used in branding, English for academic purposes, organisational culture, health communication, speech and language therapy and mediation. Each week includes activities which guide you in the analysis of oral and written language and help you to reflect on effective communication in professional life...This...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Hack For Change
Society, Politics & Law

Hack For Change

...data, technology, and design processes to improve our communities and the governments that serve them. Anyone can participate; you don’t have to be an expert in technology, you just have to care about your neighborhood and community.” It was initiated by designers and developers, government and non-governmental organisation/charity and encouraged people to participate...
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Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?
Education & Development

Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?

...data and the use of artefacts as a research tool was heralded as a successful approach for enabling participants to contribute with authority, ownership and confidence in a research project. The same was asked of participants in the session which helped to add to the range of artefacts provided. [Effective Approaches To Mentoring: What Works and Why] Download video...
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Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of Bristol argues that the parts of the psyche that operate independent of conscious reasoning can in fact be used to solve problems in...
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Audio 6 mins