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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...education was transformed in public consciousness and in reality. This short piece, based partly on research conducted during the strike in 2004 (see Mooney and McCafferty, 2005 and 2007), is my attempt to address this to an extent, and to ensure Scotland’s nursery nurses are given their rightful place in our awareness and understanding of women’s workplace struggles...
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The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...education. Different calculators therefore give different results depending on their assumptions, data sources and what they include. This calculator attempts to be comprehensive by including the effects of income, goods and services consumption and infrastructure emissions as well as the usual energy, food and transport footprints. For this article we are using the...
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Activity 5 mins
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...Education. A Professional Doctorate is usually studied part-time by mid- to late-career professionals. While it may lead to a career in Higher Education, it aims to improve and develop professional practice. We offer two Professional Doctorates: A Doctorate in Education, the EdD and a Doctorate in Health and Social Care, the DHSC. Achieving a doctorate, whether a PhD, EdD...
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Article 5 mins
What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...education and careers to starting families and owning homes, and highlights the support that can help them achieve their goals...Click here for the Punjabi audio version of this article. South Asian young adult carers in England South Asian young people aged 16 to 25 years are often caring for one or more ill or disabled family members, that is, caring on an unpaid basis....
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Article 5 mins
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...Education at The Open University in Inclusive Practice, says: I usually make portable notes ie: mp3 audio notes of the extensive reading I have to do so I can listen to them anytime even when doing chores or travelling. I listen to my notes when dressing and cooking etc., so I am engaging with material often. I work full time as a teacher so time is very short for me and...
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Article 10 mins
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...educators making the most of museum artefacts...Museums give children experiences above and beyond the everyday experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum, or bringing museum artefacts into school, instantly changes the dynamics of the usual learning environment. It gives you as a teacher the opportunity to start...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...technological innovation and environmental sustainability. You’ll be introduced to a conceptual framework called PASH (power, agency, scale and history) that will help you to make sense of these issues and consider how we might better respond to them. You will identify how the four key challenges of conflict, governance, justice, and transformation cut-across all areas...
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Video 10 mins
Globalisation and the English language
History & The Arts

Globalisation and the English language

...technology – that has had the greatest impact on the English language. English is a world language now, the dominant language of science, computing and academia in general. But looking back 100 years, to the start of the first world war, it wasn’t so clear that English would be so dominant. People stayed in the area they grew up in, but we’ve seen tremendous changes...
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Article 5 mins