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20 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

20 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting, with more than 157,000 enrolments. Who knew bookkeeping had such a fan club? 10. But child psychology takes the completion crown Our three most-enrolled courses are Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting, Understanding autism and Introduction to Child Psychology. And of those three, Introduction to Child Psychology has...
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...Introduction - This course looks at the prevalence of maps in everyday life, their uses and their importance. From mental maps to public transport and street maps it moves on to historical and history-making maps. Along with assessing the political importance of some maps it examines how we read maps and looks at how to evaluate the information contained within them....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Nature & Environment

Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...

...project. There are many important processes that are taking place at the base of the Antarctic ice sheets that are kilometres in thickness, such as interaction of solid ground with the ice sheet. Field campaigns are essential to understand these interactions but would not allow spatial resolution on the continental scale that is required. One avenue is to use satellite...
Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community
Science, Maths & Technology

Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

...Project is shedding light on genetics and health within the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community. Through research, dialogue, and storytelling, it aims to empower communities, tackle health inequalities, and spark conversation about the role of genetics in everyday life...Transcript In a new documentary, Lisa Robinson – researcher, advocate and one of around a thousand...
OpenLearning Champions Scotland hub
Education & Development

OpenLearning Champions Scotland hub

Scotland OpenLearning Champions Hub: This hub showcases the content on OpenLearn as an introduction to learners, and highlights the wide range of materials that have a Scottish context.
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...managed a project. You could think about managing your project in a similar way. Or I use some of the techniques I've used. They're much more specific and much more guiding. ALMUTH MCDOWALL So what is the difference between coaching and mentoring? Both are used a lot in organisations, but I think there are some fundamental differences. Now, let's talk about coaching...
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...project explores the BBC archives of environment themed television and radio programmes from the last 70 years, looking at the potential of these archives as a digital resource as well as to illustrate the potential of digital broadcast archives for researchers...[Red, Blue and Green Planet Earth's overlapping with the text 'Earth in Vision' in white across the front. ]...
Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...projects of mutual interest. Indeed, many grant funding schemes for research and development projects expect there to be a consortium of partner organisations, including universities on any bid proposal. I myself have been involved in such projects a number of times. One of the most recent projects I worked on, an international development project funded by UK Aid ......