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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Educational Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS FELA) took strike action in April and May 2022. Lynn Rooney gives us a personal view of the background...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a...
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Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education Wildman, A. (2003) The CEDAR model. Available at: https://www.annawildman.com/ cedar-feedback-model.html# (Accessed 16 February 2022)...Practice supervision and assessment in nursing: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Linda Walker, Liz Sturley and Barbara Cochee. Except for third party materials and otherwise...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...educating the public about environmental issues. While Iceland certainly has other practices that are environmentally unsound (for example selling meat products and using refrigeration requiring energy that produces carbon dioxide), their advert ought to be commended for drawing attention to the catastrophe that is unfolding. By squashing the Iceland advert, Clearcast is...
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Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...resources and social capital are often better able to recognise early signs, advocate for their children, navigate complex systems and access private assessments and support. In contrast, families facing economic disadvantage are more likely to encounter barriers at all stages. Limited access to resources and longer waiting times all contribute towards later...
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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...education and development. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs: offer less structural approaches to professional development through resource groups, networks, mentoring programs etc. Offer quality role models: a varied array of leaders indicates that an organisation is committed to diversity and offers role models to identify with. Make the position...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...resource, how do you open it up, how do people get access to it, how do they understand what they have? So, it could be fantastic, it could give people a window into the world, in to see treasures they hadn’t realised or to see the changes, maybe massive changes between what was around 50 years ago when Zoo Quest was first made and what’s around now, but all that...
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...Education programme at the Open University. PAYAM REZAIE And I'm Payam Rezaie. I'm a Reader and the Programme Director for the Science Master's programme at the OU. ERIC ADDAE-KYEREMEH Between us, we have more than 30 years of experience in teaching postgraduate students, producing and leading qualifications across different programmes at the OU and elsewhere. PAYAM...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...resources. This information gap may have a role in explaining the apparent shortfall in reported thorium reserves. Thorium is termed a ‘fertile’ nuclear fuel; that is, fissile material must be created in order for fission to occur. Furthermore, unlike uranium, thorium essentially occurs naturally in only one isotopic form (thorium-232). More than 99.99% of naturally...
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