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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...works: the teaching practices, support approaches and assessment adjustments that help students to feel confident, included and able to succeed. The guidance below draws on post-COVID research into the Black awarding gap, as well as OU Scholarship Exchange work involving minority ethnic students more broadly. Terminology reflects each study’s focus (e.g. ‘Black...
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How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...working-class families from around Britain looking back on the first half of the twentieth century suggests that the impact of the stove on room function occurred later in these households. The autobiographers revealed that it was not just the poorest families who lacked a gas stove at the turn of the century. Even better-off working class families described making this...
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Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...working with Metropolitan Police: Modernisation Programme (2006- 2008), National School of Government (2006-2012), Leadership centre for Local Government (2008-2009), and again Cabinet Office (2009-2010). Jake now leads a humble life as small holder on the edge of Exmoor. Jake has also been a very successful business entrepreneur using his energy research skills. Jake...
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The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...work? These black-and-white lines are actually a tiny piece of code that, when scanned, the product pulls the system information, for example the price, and it updates the stock level. It’s like a secret language between the basket and the computer. So next time you are at the supermarket checkout, remember that coding is right there in your basket. Next time you step...
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Explore your digestive system
Nature & Environment

Explore your digestive system

An interactive exploration of how the digestive system works...Take it further Try one of our delicious recipes. Discover the new approach to health offered by healthy living centres.
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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...work through, the content can also be used to dip in and out of, if you feel you need to improve your skills in a particular area...This free course, Developing good academic practice, is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies and when producing assignments and completing assessments. Although designed as a course to work through, the content...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...work of the lead Apollo flight software designer, Margaret Hamilton, the Eagle would not have landed on the Moon...[Margaret Hamilton images - space pioneer] Image 1: Photo from NASA, 1989. Margaret Heafield Hamilton (17 Aug 1936-present) was born in Paoli, Indiana (Welch & Lamphier, 2019). After high school she studied mathematics at the University of Michigan and...
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Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card
Society, Politics & Law

Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card

...work history and helping to keep memories alive. Ann Henderson has kept hers from her time in the railway industry and here she tells us her story...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background The provision of diaries has long been part of the service that many unions provide for their members. Even in this era of online calendars and...
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