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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...Simple gestures can go a long way. For example, a bespoke property bag (as pictured below) used to return the deceased relative’s clothing and items to the family can mean a great deal for carers. By ‘going the extra mile’, it indicates that staff appreciate the sensitivity of the occasion. As one carer on the project stated: ‘No one wants to receive precious...
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Club v Country: The psychology of switching support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club v Country: The psychology of switching support

...simple. Groups and group membership tend to play an important part in establishing our identity, in making us who we are. Forming groups has been an important part of our evolution, and we have developed mechanisms that make these groups coherent. Supporting a football club makes us part of a group that includes the players and fans of the club. They become our...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...simple quadrant to measure latitude using either the sun or the North Star. Both methods are described below. Make a quadrant similar to the one shown here. The aiming beam needs to be pivoted about its central point so that it can swing up and down. The protractor should be centred on the pivot, from which the plumb line should be suspended. Using a compass, mark out a...
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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...simple territorial limits of sovereign power that they once were. More than a marker of sovereign territory, Europe’s multiple borders today arguably reflect the contingent politics of partition and division, where borders move in and out in concertina-fashion to the tune of geopolitics - with asylum seekers stranded when the music stops. Want to listen to this article?...
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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...simple contrivance was derived from an ancient multiplication method (called ‘lattice’ multiplication – see Box 1), which involved a special layout on paper of the two numbers to be multiplied so as to display the partial products of the multiplication, to facilitate adding them in the right way. Box 1: Multiplication on Napier’s bones Consider first various ways...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...comments box below this article. Study with The Open University Find out more about opportunities to study computing at the OU Find out about the OU’s lead role in the Institute of Coding Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM112) Introduction to cybersecurity: say safe online Information security Introduction to computing and information technology...
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Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain
Digital & Computing

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain

...Coding applied our work to transform how Computer Science is accredited in the UK. This scenario is based on the use of Smart Badges, which are dynamic records of accreditation that follow the same principles as Open Badges and offer the same benefits in recording accreditation. However, Smart Badges are immutable and easily verifiable as they are stored on the...
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Article 10 mins
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...simple question, but there is no really simple answer. However, the dictionary definitions do give us some pointers. They make clear that there are systems ‘in the world’ as things. For the most part, you can consider the bodies of animals or people, industrial processes and everyday objects like a bicycle or car as these kinds of systems. There are also systems ‘in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs