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Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...research on participation is put understand how social scientific ideas about participation in social worlds have impacted on public debates and policies about poverty provide examples of how ordinary people are themselves involved in participating in social science...Social science and participation: What is participation? - Figure 1 To explore how social science helps...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...Centre including restoration of the historic “Ladies Pool”. Since the announcement of the Council’s intention to close the facility, to today’s anchor community organisation, Govanhill Baths Community Trust (GBCT), women have been at the forefront of the campaign. The Importance of the Baths to the Govanhill Community Govanhill Baths had three swimming pools, one...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...research centre that tries to stop work at noon, come out into a common area, sit on couches and chairs, and have people have lunch together. But 80% of the time, we just talk about hilarious drivel. But about 20% of the time, it really becomes helpful. That's my network. It's a huge, huge value of that place that happens to be called the Centre for Health Education...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...centre of international debates and actions on Climate change, as COP 26 in November 2021 is scheduled to take place in Glasgow. While Covid-19 places some uncertainty as to whether an online rather than physical meeting takes place, the realities of climate change do not wait. The Open University both teaches about and does research relevant to climate change. It has...
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Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...research tools and obtaining informed consent. It then covers tips and suggestions for conducting the interview before moving on to after the interview and recording fieldnotes...Do you want to find out what people think about an issue, or what their experiences are? Qualitative interviews are used to find out people’s views and experiences on a range of different...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...Research Centre Another interesting aspect is the level of engagement of community members. In some cases the “effort” expended is fairly minimal, a supportive “well done” or a ‘like’ about a story. However in a lot of cases community members are taking the time to add a lot of information in the comments, telling of similar stories that happened to them –...
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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...Research carried out by Reeds Recruitment agency for the charity Timebank found that: 73 per cent of employers would employ a candidate with volunteering experience over one without; 94 per cent of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills; 58 per cent of employers say that voluntary work experience can actually be more valuable than experience gained in paid...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...research into food and agriculture, and shows how a revolutionary project seed banking project on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen made it possible for that research to continue. Transcript Hi, I’m Dr Oliver Zanetti. I’m a PhD graduate of The Open University’s Department of Geography where I currently work as a Research Associate. I’m going to examine how conflict...
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