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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...students who attend a mainstream school in the Midlands. From mainstream to segregated Peter White meets a sight impaired student who moved fro mainstream school back into a special school to pursue her A level studies. Disability and Difference The impact of continued research into genetic screening and therapies is debated by people with disabilities and geneticists,...
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The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...OU module Environment: journeys through a changing world and is designed to measure the personal consumption-based carbon footprint of a UK inhabitant (if you live outside the UK, see further resources). This calculator starts with all the greenhouse gases emitted in supplying what the UK consumes, including the emissions embedded in imports. It then divides this total by...
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Activity 5 mins
Sacrificial Metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sacrificial Metals

...OU course Our Chemical Environment (ST240)...[Coral and fish] According to this table aluminium should react with oxygen more readily than iron, which is easily oxidized in the presence of water and oxygen. How is it then that aluminium can be used for aeroplanes which are in constant contact with water and oxygen? In reality, aluminium does react with oxygen very rapidly...
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Article 15 mins
Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...students by giving them tests of grammar, logical reasoning and humour. They then gave the results to students and asked them to rank themselves in terms of their position in the class. They found that students who did less well in the tests tended to have inaccurate assessments of their own rank compared with students who performed better. Students with high ......
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Article 10 mins
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...student journey. You may also find that studying increases your levels of stress and anxiety, as well as exacerbating pre-existing mental health problems. These difficulties come in many varied forms and can affect you and your studies in different ways. Whether you have a diagnosed mental health problem or not, understanding how to identify when your mental health and...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...students. And we’re giving them 50 minutes to try and address the needs of that much larger group with a much greater diversity. And then we wonder why pass rates, failure rates are so high. It’s an undoable task without better tools and better support.’ Candace Thille Higher education is confronted with a pretty significant challenge. We're asking faculty and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Parlez-vous Eurovision?
Languages

Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...becoming a monolingual event, it remains a multicultural event. It really is hard to tell sometimes whether the costumes, songs and choreographies are meant to represent the best or the worst of the country. Diversity, gender politics, and human rights have become main issues in the contest. Last year’s clearly audible booing of the Russian entry because of their...
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Article 10 mins
Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26
Nature & Environment

Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26

...become cost-effective. Renewables now provide 42% of UK electricity, 29% globally and the industry is growing exponentially. Despite this, globally, fossil fuel companies receive nineteen times greater levels of subsidies compared to renewable energy. Additionally, fossil fuel companies, often with government support, continue to prospect for more oil and gas globally,...
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Article 10 mins