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Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...class how that relates to what else we now that's what helps us remember it. Now again there's a lot of researches support this idea that most of what we learned is stored in terms of meaning and not according to visual images or auditory sound but from some of the best most relevant research comes from these classic studies that were done in the seventies. Now Chase &...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...class, gender and/or race which can impact on their future educational and employment life-course opportunities. [A photograph of the bottom half of six people standing in a line. In front of them is the text: youth.] Between 2010/11 and 2018/19 there has been almost a billion pounds of funding cuts to youth services, some areas in England and Wales now have no funding...
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...Feedback Use the fourteen-year gilt yield, which is 3.12%. Look for the ‘Red Yield’ or redemption yield, against the Treasury 4.25% 2027 or ‘Tr 4.25pc ‘27’. We suggest the yield on the 2027 gilt because it shows expectations of the risk-free rate over the next 14 years (from 2013) and we want to evaluate a 14-year cash flow. The ‘short’ gilt, such as the...
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...Feedback The first set of challenges mentioned is caused by children having to leave home. Amanda mentions violence in the home, the need to access education or work and also problems such as drug and alcohol misuse in the home. She then talks about the challenges of where children are cared for if they are not living at home. She mentions orphanages but points out that...
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others....Session 1: A librarian’s role in the school: Introduction - The educational landscape is subject to constant change. Being aware of this and responding accordingly is, therefore, key to the...
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...Feedback The reason is that, with reducing volumes, each unit has to bear proportionately more of the fixed costs and, with increasing output, proportionately less of the fixed costs...Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting: 2.1 Calculating the unit cost - Continuing with the example from Section 2, the changing unit cost of production is...
How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...feedback for conditions such as chronic pain. There have been several early ventures to capitalise on FMRI. Two companies have been set up in North America offering lie detection services using FMRI. There are also several neuromarketing companies, using FMRI to gain insights into consumer thought and behaviour. How FMRI Works is adapted, with permission, from an article...
Article 10 mins
What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Science, Maths & Technology

What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...Geraint (Taff) Morgan: Research Fellow, School of Physical Sciences, AstrobiologyOU Claire Batty: Post Doctoral Research Associate, AstrobiologyOU Zak Smith: PhD student, School of Physical Sciences, Astronomy Thank you for feedback and ideas: Susanne Schwenzer, Vic Pearson, Ann Grand, Hannah Cooper This article was originally published on the AstrobiologyOU website....