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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...education. The publication also included an annex that reproduced some of the other published measures of widening participation (WP). One of these WP measures, “the FSM measure” has been chosen to replace FYPSEC as the core measure of disadvantage in this publication. The “FSM measure” estimates the percentage of young people educated in English maintained...
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Article 5 mins
Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...educational but patronising and child-like instead?...[David Cameron nudging public health campaigns onto the public - society matters illustration] One of the age-old problems for ‘public health’ has always been how to get people to adopt more healthy behaviours. How can citizens be persuaded to vaccinate themselves, eat healthier food or avoid obvious harms such as...
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Article 15 mins
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses ....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...Open University course TT284 Web Technologies...An introduction to web applications architecture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand the development of web application architecture leading to a more modular approach sketch out the components that would be used in a range of approaches to web application architecture outline a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...resources as food and shelter or the various ecosystems services that sustain and enrich our existence (for example, services such as nutrient cycling and even recreation). When looking at the environment and humanity, it is not just the diversity of life and cultural forms that is striking, but also the interrelation between them. The environment has undoubtedly shaped...
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Article 10 mins
Stress Awareness Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress Awareness Collection

...And National Stress Awareness Day is the first Wednesday of November. We've put together some of our top FREE related wellbeing tips, courses and and other learning resources to support and help any time you need them...April is National Stress Awareness Month in the UK so we've curated some of our top content on stress and how to combat it in the FREE resources below....
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Digital Film School
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Film School

...Open University’s experienced team of filmmakers, who will show you some of the craft secrets that underpin good filmmaking, and how professionals stay up to date. You will learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project. This material forms part of The Open University...
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Video 1 hr 13 mins
What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...open their homes and hearts to children who cannot live with their own families, whether that be for a few days, weeks, months or even years. There can be many reasons why such situations arise, for example family illness, crisis, or situations where home isn’t safe. Fostering is unique in that it combines the responsibilities of parenting with professional duties, all...
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