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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...students in OU courses; and engages the public through face to face and online activities as well through OU/BBC co-productions (see links below). Moving forward iSpot is co-designing services for biodiversity and environmental citizen observations through a European collaboration, exploring human computer collaborations in pollinator citizen science as well as the role...
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Article 10 mins
Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...become for a short while “the kind of life that can be told as a story – that is, one in which events appear to have meaning”. As the astounding news breaks that she is to publish a second novel, Harper Lee must be feeling like her life has become a story – a story which the meaning of remains just a little hidden and mysterious. [Harper Lee and George W Bush] The...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018

...alumni Antoine Cousot is currently circumnavigating the globe for 30,000 miles, alone. Here, our academics explore information, science and ideas about the ocean...[Antoine Couset on a boat] Welcome and thank you for following Antoine Cousot’s Golden Globe Race around the world! The Golden Globe Race started on July 1st. One of our alumni, Antoine Cousot, is currently
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The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...students studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at university. We hope these resources will help you on your educational journey..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ [The Open University and SWAP logos.] Welcome to The Open University...
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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...Nursing Associates and registered nurses can experience dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia, but they can be reassured that effective support is available...Mathematical ability is an essential skill in nursing practice. Nurses and Nursing Associates must be able to correctly work out relevant calculations in order to be safe and effective practitioners. The main
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Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...students to use a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Understandably, transgender advocates have repeatedly asserted the need for all young people to be able to “pee in peace”. While it is important, access to an appropriate bathroom is not the only issue transgender young people negotiate. Living in a world that enforces (sometimes violently) a rigid...
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Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...OU students also commented on the personal impact of their studies led the researchers to add a sixth conception to the list of five, which was: 'changing as a person'. Many OU students report that they feel differently about themselves as a result of OU study. They often comment on feeling more confident, or on changes in what they do or how they choose to spend ......
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...OU team found that the class reading areas and the sometimes fabulous school libraries were, in all but one of the four schools, simply used as text repositoriesIn recent research undertaken in areas of social and economic disadvantage, in schools renowned locally for their work on reading for pleasure, the OU team found that the class reading areas and the sometimes...
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