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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...Data takes many forms – numbers, words, measurements, observations. The collection, compilation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data is crucial to social science research and to informing development practice. Data informs us of the number of people living in a city, the level of poverty in a country or the attitudes of a community towards a proposed new...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...analysis finds’. The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/22/female-scientists-less-likely-to-be-given-authorship-credits-analysis-finds GOV.UK (2022) Inclusive Britain Update Report. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-britain-update-report/inclusive-britain-update-report Guarino, C. M. and Borden, V. M. H....
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Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...data receive and respond to information presented in a variety of ways, including text, tables, graphs, diagrams, computer-based multimedia and websites begin to understand how to develop personal learning strategies...Watching the weather: 1 Recording the weather: from the surface - For well over a century, formal observations of the prevailing meteorological conditions...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...analysis and understanding the needs of your workforce. External data –often helps with analysing trends and benchmarking within your external environment. Marketing data –is used to understand customers’ behaviours and preferences, for example to assist HEI student enrolment and retention. Activity 24 Data storytelling Timing: 20 minutes Presenting options and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
OpenLearn supports Get Online Week
Education & Development

OpenLearn supports Get Online Week

...data to get connected. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people to get online for the first time and improve their digital skills...This content is associated with The Open University's Open degree qualification. [Get Online Week logo] OpenLearn is working with Good Things Foundation, the charity behind Get Online Week, to deliver a collection of introductory-level,...
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Article 5 mins
Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...interactives and free courses Learn more about our co-productions in the season Delve deeper... [Graphic of digital data ] [Image of computer code on a computer screen] [Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] [Image of a digital globe in a hand] [Padlock on a computer keyboard] [Image of architect working with an ipad] Our co-productions...
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Activity 5 mins
Space scientist: John Zarnecki
Science, Maths & Technology

Space scientist: John Zarnecki

...data one and a half billion kilometres away from Earth. Applying space technology on Earth How instruments devised to analyse the atmosphere on Mars are now being adapted to detect tuberculosis in Africa. International space research Using the internet to create a live observatory for students worldwide, and Zarnecki's dream to provide instruments for the next Chinese...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...analysis of the exercise experience of female recreational runners’, Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 14(2), pp. 69-82. Brown, P. R., Brown, W. J., Miller, Y. D. and Hansen, V. (2001) ‘Perceived constraints and social support for active leisure among mothers with young children’, Leisure Sciences, 23(3), pp. 131-144. Horne, J., Corr, S. and Earle, S....
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Article 10 mins