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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...study what interests you from a wide range of subject areas. I have always been a keen environmentalist and been fortunate to support and work alongside the OU academics who author the Environment curriculum. In the current climate emergency, I have selected courses related to sustainability to explain both what is happening to the environment and also look at what we can...
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Hidden Maths
Science, Maths & Technology

Hidden Maths

...studying or not, you’ll find our free resources useful in working out everything from VAT to how much grass seed to order to re-do the lawn this summer. If you’re interested in studying Maths and Stats specifically, or taking a course that involves an element of these subjects, visit The Open University's Mathematics courses to find out more. Free courses and...
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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...study provides evidence that humans are capable of radically altering the world around us, and offers hope in the face of climate change...[Black sky, extremely powerful lightning over a city] Human beings often forget that we have an invaluable ability, says a study by two British social scientists: we can change the world around us, and our treatment of it, more quickly...
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Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...study carried out by Open University researchers highlighted several factors which it may be useful and important for health professionals and those seeking abortion to be aware of. The factors identified relate to how someone self-managing abortion might be best supported; as well as the importance of effective communication about pain and other effects of the...
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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...study is based on a simple regression (a statistical technique of estimating the relationship of one variable with another) of average daily infection rate against total reported cases per 1000 people, for 149 local authorities around the UK, on 8th April 2020. [Graph of total report cases and average daily infection rate for COVID-19] The analysis also tested whether...
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Climate change is triple risk to Europe
Nature & Environment

Climate change is triple risk to Europe

...studies confirm climate change’s triple risk to Europe. The heat is on, lives are at risk and the floods are arriving earlier...[Emergency pumps at work on England’s River Parrett in the 2014 floods.] Emergency pumps at work on the River Parrett in the 2014 floods. Researchers have just issued three separate climate warnings to the citizens of Europe on the same day,...
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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...studying this course, you will be able to: understand the differences between tutoring and mentoring in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) consider the similarities and differences between tutoring and mentoring pedagogy develop a range of strategies for supporting beginner teachers...Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers: 1 What is the difference? - The...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act Butetown Women The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents. Something to Offer: LETS Schemes The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods...
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