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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...manage soils so they store carbon rather than lose it would help avoid dangerous climate change...[Man holds a handful of soil in a field with a spade behind him. ] Climate scientists anxious to find ways to limit atmospheric greenhouse gases have started to look at the ground beneath their feet. They calculate that although the world’s soils already hold 2.4 trillion...
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...Introduction - Judges play a key role in a common law legal system such as that of England and Wales. But to outside observers, the way they arrive at their decisions may be something of a mystery. This course seeks to shed light on this process. The course starts by explaining how judges make factual findings from evidence, how they choose how a case should be decided,...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh
History & The Arts

Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh

...introduction to satire tucked inside the bear of very little brain. Eleanor Byrne takes us deeper into Hundred Acre Wood...[A massive pile of Poohs] He is famous for his love of honey, and being a bear of “little brain”. So Winnie the Pooh might be a little surprised to find himself the subject of a major new museum exhibition. Winnie the Pooh: Exploring a Classic...
Open Education Week
Education & Development

Open Education Week

...project the OER Hub is committed to sharing its research instruments. During the first phase of the project they released a range of our openly licensed tools. In December 2016 they launched an accompanying Pressbook: The OER Hub Researcher Pack. This toolkit was created to help potential users understand how they’d used their tools and methodologies in practice. All of...
DemFest 2016
Society, Politics & Law

DemFest 2016

...projects. You won't just hear a party line, DemFest is non-partisan and independent.” It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through a special event. DemFest 2016 is local, national and global in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and representation, anti-discrimination, equality and social justice,...
Article 5 mins
Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 1
Education & Development

Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 1

...projects...OU BME podcast intro by Katherine Jegede Transcript Rehana Awan and Sas Amoah - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Kate Hawkins - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Khadija Patel - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Jenny Douglas - OU BME podcast interview by Katherine Jegede Transcript Dr Anthony...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...Introduction: English Hungarian confectionary cake traditions are modern, most being invented in the last 150 years. These cakes are much celebrated, and local cukrászda (cake shops) are favourite places for people to go. In the cukrászda famous cakes such as Dobos torta and Rákóczi túrós are offered alongside less well-known but equally delicious varieties. The...
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...managed to take on a project, their time management skills, things like that, they actually have solid examples that they're able to give us from that internship and a good project that they can talk about to us. Video 2 As mentioned before, internships are not the only type of work experience available to you and sometimes other options might work better for you and your...