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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...Write down similar words to your key phrases. Use a thesaurus! (4) Use ‘and’ and ‘or’ functions. (5) Use advanced search options. Ann’s summary Transcript But how do you come up with those all-important keywords? Devyani, who is a PhD student in AstrobiologyOU, gave me a few thoughts. As a PhD student, she’s just been through this process herself. She...
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Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...creative culture and alternative economies. This free course, Changing cities, explores how contemporary processes of urbanisation challenge how we think about political agency, providing a framework for the analysis of the causes, implications and responses to issues of common concern...Urban processes are increasingly held to be responsible for causing a variety of...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...write as a freelance, the editor essentially buys a service from you. If you fail to deliver the service, you’ve voided the contract and the editor has no reason to pay you. Feel free to remind Do chase editors who haven’t responded to an email within 24 hours, but don’t overdo it. An editor will be glad to be reminded if they have genuinely forgotten something, but...
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Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...creative here, but avoid substances which might be hazardous! four glasses your activity booklet a freezer. Before beginning an experiment scientists often use their previous experiences or preconceptions to hypothesise about the results of an experiment. For example, we know that ice floats on water, so a scientist might then hypothesise that the solid state of all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...creative rights to ‘make place’ … In your previous projects, you also have worked with a variety of publics and especially people in local communities. What does place and belonging mean to the participants in your previous installations? And how is affinity to place and living together expressed through oral declarations? Have there been any particular themes?...
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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...creative commons copyright licenses...Introduction and guidance: References - OECD (2021) The state of school education: One year into the COVID pandemic, OECD Publishing, Paris...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This course was funded by the UKRI and developed by the team leading the research project: Leading school learning through COVID-19 and beyond:...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...writing is head of a special school and president of the National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN), a national organisation for professionals working in the area of inclusion, he described fines inclusion as: a process, not a state… inclusion is not a simple concept restricted to issues of placement… Key principles are valuing diversity, entitlement,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...write a one-sentence answer to the question ‘What is art?’ Discussion Did you find this activity difficult? If so, you are in good company as thus far no universally agreed answer to the question ‘What is art?’ has been reached. In fact, there as many different definitions as there are people providing those definitions. Some of the characteristics that are often...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs