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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...modes of learning offered by the OU, giving students a choice - particularly working adults for whom flexibility is crucial - improves their chances of persisting. Providing multiple points of entry, at no risk, to attract nontraditional students. Trying out free course materials and podcasts, and watching BBC specials co-created with the OU, requires no commitment from...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...modes of transport can come in handy! Oxfam and The Guardian have used images of vastly expensive super yachts as a way of depicting wealth and affluence, yachts often regarded as the ultimate status symbol that reflects someone’s wealth and privilege. That much of global wealth is hidden, and the way in which the powers, privileges and massive advantages it generates...
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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...modes of analysis they bring to bear on the problems they study. The historian of nineteenth-century Tory politics Norman Gash displays brilliant and exhaustive empirical research, but throughout his work we catch repeated glimpses of sympathy for Robert Peel, the views he espoused, and his formative place in the history of Conservatism. The great fault-line that defines...
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Article 10 mins
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...mode, computers, printers, WIFI access points, chargers, smart devices, all consume small amounts of energy, that, over time, on a day-by-day, month-by-month basis can all add up. Turn down things like printer quality, monitor brightness and WIFI transmit power from factory defaults to comfortable lower levels. Stream less video by either switching from HD to SD, or...
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Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...et al. (2021, p.20) cite the seminal work of Caspersen et al. (1985) who define physical activity in terms of three elements: movement of the body produced by the skeletal muscles resulting energy expenditure, which varies from low to high a positive correlation with physical fitness. It is important to note that physical activity and exercise are not quite the same...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...et al: A team can … achieve what none of the individuals within it can do alone; with the right dynamic, a collection of ordinary individuals can achieve extraordinary feats. But the converse can also occur: a team can fail to achieve what any of its members could easily accomplish. (Source: Mabey et al, 1998) The challenge of learning how to make teams work begins with...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...et al., 1978). The procedure has eight episodes, designed to expose infants to increasing amounts of stress in order to observe how they organise their attachment behaviours with their parents when distressed by: being in an unfamiliar environment, the entrance of an unfamiliar adult, and brief separations from the parent. Box 1: The Strange Situation Test This assessment...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...et d’Arts Plate 2 adapted from Poinsett, C. (1983) ‘Les Ruines de Dougga’, Tunis, Ministers des Affaires Culturelles, Institute National d’Archeolgie et d’Arts Plate 4 Photo © Musée National du Bardo, Tunis Plate 5(a) Johns, C. (1971) ‘Arretine and Samian Pottery’, London, British Museum Press, © British Museum Plate 5(b) Hayes, J.J.V. (1997) ‘Handbook...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs