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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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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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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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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
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...technology stories...[Close-up of a Sinclair ZX81 keyboard] The Apple tax judgement The European Commission has, this morning, announced that Apple will have to pay the Irish Government €13billion in back taxes. BBC News has the story: "Member states cannot give tax benefits to selected companies - this is illegal under EU state aid rules," said Commissioner Margarethe...
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...education, in terms of healthcare and so on and so forth which, even if you don't care much about material wellbeing, are great goods. And the cheapest way to deliver that is through coal which means that if you think it is right these people get richer in every sense of the word, which I think is right, then you would have to accept that they will emit more greenhouse...
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Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130)
Education & Development

Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130)

...Educational Resources available. Just click on an example to see what courses each individual would choose to study! If you are a Young Applicant in Schools Scheme (YASS) Scotland student, there is further information about YXM130 available for you here: OpenLearn choices for YASS students - OpenLearn - Open University. Remember, it is entirely up to you what you study!...
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Article 5 mins
Ouverture: Intermediate French
Languages

Ouverture: Intermediate French

...education classes, time spent in French-speaking countries, regular contact with French-speaking people or other sources. The course materials are carefully designed to develop the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. They also contain activities focusing on practicing language structures, grammatical explanations and learning strategies. This...
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Video 12 mins