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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...work at a distance with a range of sophisticated, remote-controlled experiments and robotic apparatus. Transcript Professor Braithwaite will be joined by: Dr Tim Drysdale, Senior Lecturer (Engineering/Electronics), academic lead for the new £2.7M OpenEngineering Lab. Dr Mark Hirst, Senior Lecturer in Biology, who leads the OpenScience Laboratory. Dr Ulrich Kolb, Senior...
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European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...working languages: (European Commission, 2015) Bulgarian Estonian Irish Portuguese Croatian Finnish Italian Romanian Czech French Latvian Slovak Danish German Lithuanian Slovenian Dutch Greek Maltese Spanish English Hungarian Polish Swedish In addition, there are other national, regional or minority languages (such as Catalan, Welsh or Occitan, for instance) as well as...
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Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...work they had to carry out for their courses (e.g., essays, lab experiments, designs, software etc.) and the feedback given by the teachers for later use (e.g., to show to potential employers, apply for a study programme, internship, scholarship etc.). This creates a high overhead for the students, as they need to keep track, organise, and safely archive the relevant...
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Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © The British Council 2009... Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist A brief introduction to this album. Darwin's great great granddaughter The poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...works to keep people living with dementia and their carers engaging with the walks and outdoor environments? A new Parks Trust and Open University initiative finds out...[Older woman and young woman on a hommock next to a lake] It is great for everybody to get outdoors once in a while. But that is not so easy if you are living with dementia living either in community, or...
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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...work looking at its internal dynamics: factors such as language, narrative voice and characterisation come in here – as does the concept of focalisation: what does the author dwell on in his or her narrative and what does he or she leave out? The next step is to compare the features of the text with other literary sources: how are the author’s language, subject matter...
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Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, run a household or make progress in your career...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course serves as good preparation for Level 1 Functional Skills in maths, and whilst it does not cover all aspects of the current...
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Free course 48 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...work? Do you have career plans but feel unsure about progressing with them? If you do, then this free course, Developing career resilience, will help you to build your resilience and approach career-related change with greater confidence and motivation...Do you sometimes wish you were more resilient when faced with changes at work? Do you have career plans but feel unsure...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs