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The Z Files with Benjamin Zephaniah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files with Benjamin Zephaniah

...Black History Month, we joined forces with him to put together this collection on notable black people in the fields of science, technology and engineering...Look back on our our series of interviews in which writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores the lives, aspirations and careers to date of acclaimed scientists, innovators and engineers. [Benjamin Zephaniah]...
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Article 5 mins
Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...Technology Studies (ACTS) in Kenya, the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden, in cooperation with the UNFCCC secretariat, and supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a statement from DIE last month (16 January). Visit the Nationally Determined Contributions Explorer The experts created a database from the (I)NDCs or...
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Video 5 mins
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...technological and social innovation; commercial and social enterprise; independent and corporate entrepreneurship. It also helps learners to develop subject-related skills, knowledge and understanding as they participate in activities including preparing a ‘visual essay’, taking part in online negotiations and developing their own proposals for an innovative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...education that explain low productivity. The NI economy being locked in a kind of underdevelopment trap that is an important element in explaining the persistence of weak economic performance linked to productivity. Figure 2 shows the continuing productivity challenge since the GFA in relation to the rest of UK. [Productivity, output per hour (UK=100)] Figure 2:...
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Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022
Society, Politics & Law

Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022

...Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) released a video commemorating Equal Pay Day 2022, which coincided with the first Scottish teachers’ strike action over pay in 40 years. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. 20th November 2022 marked UK Equal Pay Day. The EIS film highlights the prevalent undervaluing of professions where women...
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Article 5 mins
TESSA: Being a Professional
Education & Development

TESSA: Being a Professional

...education take place? The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the development of teachers' classroom practice in both formal and non formal learning situations. This material is from the TESSA ( Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) initiative... TESSA - Viva Umueze Florence wants to take her pupils to a local festival but one parent is upset by the...
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The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
Society, Politics & Law

The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars

...technology for driverless cars? Who is responsible if the vehicle crashes?...[Google Driverless Car] Oh dear! The Google car has crashed and Google has admitted that it may be their fault. This was in California, but such vehicles could be on the roads of England and Wales in the next few years. Should we be worried? We don’t think so. According to The Highway Code, one...
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Article 10 mins
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...technologies and get online. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. [Image of a young carer and an older person talking] Over a 100 million people in Europe care for a family member or friend. Many of them are caring for an older person and indeed many are older people themselves - caring for a spouse, sibling or parent...
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Article 10 mins