1,385 search results
Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...Education landscape was quite different in 2005 and, of course, fees have increased to approx. £9,000 at a red brick university. Now, I realise that the Open University might have been a more accessible, feasible and flexible option for me. Fees are less, the cost of studying can be spread over time and student-parents can work part-time without it affecting any benefits...
View article Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Article 10 mins
How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Languages

How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...educate us in an uninterested way. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst industrial disaster in US history and 4.9 million barrel crude were released into the environment. In addition to the huge immediate damage, long-term effects are as yet unknown but are likely to include oil remaining in the food chain for generations to come. The...
View article How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Article 5 mins
The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...education, supportive working environments, with appropriate nurse/patient ratios and good leadership are all important factors in ensuring person-centred nursing practice. References Price, B. (2006) Exploring person-centred care, Nursing Standard, 20 (50), pp.49-56. Tetley, J. and Draper, J. (in press) ‘Slaying the myth’ of the over-qualified nurse: The graduate...
View article The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Article 5 mins
How do historians know about the past?
History & The Arts

How do historians know about the past?

...level, the free course 'Taking your first steps in Higher Education' or the introductory module 'Arts and languages access module' can help you to decide which path to take and prepare you for study. You can study history at The Open University through BAs in History, Humanities, or the Open BA, all of which are best begun via the module ‘The Arts Past and Present....
View video How do historians know about the past?
Video 10 mins
Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...education schemes and sharing best practice. I was lucky enough to see him presented with a Rolex Award in 2002. He came to London and was kind enough to invite me along. I’m not sure that I realised even then what a powerhouse he was in conservation, although he had told me about his friendship with the primatologist Jane Goodall. It wasn’t until after his untimely...
View article Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Article 5 mins
How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...Education, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 131–71 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2013.767370. (Accessed 10 April 2017). 2 Certain groups are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police. National Statistics (2015) Police Powers and Procedures England and Wales Year Ending 31 March 2015 [Online]. Available at
View article How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Article 10 mins
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...educated, urban Presbyterians that later came to be known as the “Scottish Enlightenment”. Like most of the ‘enlightened’ elite of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Smith was a strong supporter of the 1707 Union of the English and Scottish Parliaments. He had no time for romantic views of Scotland’s Celtic past: for him, the Highland clans represented a past not far...
View article The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
Article 10 mins
The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...educational system have all been cited as reasons for Germany’s chemical industry outstripping that of Britain. By 1913, Germany was exporting about 135 000 tonnes of dyes compared to Britain’s 5 000 tonnes. At the outbreak of the First World War, the only khaki dye available for British army uniforms was manufactured in Germany and had to be imported secretly!...
View article The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
Article 10 mins