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Open Education Week
Education & Development

Open Education Week

...project the OER Hub is committed to sharing its research instruments. During the first phase of the project they released a range of our openly licensed tools. In December 2016 they launched an accompanying Pressbook: The OER Hub Researcher Pack. This toolkit was created to help potential users understand how they’d used their tools and methodologies in practice. All of...
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DemFest 2016
Society, Politics & Law

DemFest 2016

...projects. You won't just hear a party line, DemFest is non-partisan and independent.” It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through a special event. DemFest 2016 is local, national and global in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and representation, anti-discrimination, equality and social justice,...
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Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 1
Education & Development

Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 1

...projects...OU BME podcast intro by Katherine Jegede Transcript Rehana Awan and Sas Amoah - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Kate Hawkins - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Khadija Patel - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Jenny Douglas - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Dr Anthony...
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An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...management, soil and hydrology. Once you understand what you’re looking for, you can almost read them like a book. Most sites support more than one plant community because the environment is variable (e.g. some patches are wetter than others) and dynamic (e.g. some years are wetter than others.) [Described image] Figure 4 Species rich floodplain meadow plant community...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...project Treezilla, also known as the ‘monster map of trees’. This is available online at treezilla.org and as a smartphone app. The site allows you to record individual tree data by measuring the tree’s circumference at a height of 1.5m and identifying the species. The app then calculates the tree’s ecosystem services which are the natural, cultural, social and...
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Learning to lead in bereavement support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to lead in bereavement support

...managers of bereavement support services. They are required to be effective people managers in how they relate to staff (Thompson, 2026a), but even that is not enough. They also need to be skilled leaders, able and willing to shape and sustain a positive culture that is supportive, nurturing and empowering. That is no easy feat, and so much depends on the quality of the...
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...manage. Depending on a relatively small number of people makes it hard for the provision of support to be consistent, highlighting the importance of recognising that volunteers are more than simply free resources. This includes acknowledging that communities may not be able to offer support all the time. Resources that may aid a community’s ability to support include:...
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...managers and directors; Architects, town planners and surveyors; Draughtspersons and related architectural; Conservation and environment; Managers and proprietors in other services.] Dillon and Moncaster | Data adapted from ONS figures Of course, both industry and government have considered this issue. But attempts as far back as the WISE campaign of the 1980s to...
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