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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...think about what community means to them; to identify issues they are concerned about locally; and to develop skills to make positive choices about changing things and contributing to their community and society. In doing so it will help young people find their voice and tell their own stories...Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations is a free resource for young people...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...think it is about time we started to see women and men competing on an equal footing. However, it has taken until the second decade of the twenty-first century for female England players to be awarded professional contracts in football, rugby union and cricket which has allowed them to play full time and focus on their sport. Although, the campaign to achieve equality in...
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...think it would be deemed socially acceptable – in fact, most people would be embarrassed to make that claim. So why is it okay to by openly negative about mathematics? Why do so many openly claim to dislike mathematics, and why is mathematics seen as a domain only accessible to an elite group of “smart” people? [An abacus] Research has proven humans are born...
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...think how your life would be without being able to listen to music through a sound system, via the web, or in public places. How often would you listen to music if you could hear it only by attending performances or making it yourself? No two answers to this question will be the same, because each person’s experience would depend on where they lived, the kind of...
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Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth
Education & Development

Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth

...thinking as a postgraduate? Here you will find a number of OpenLearn courses to help with the skills needed for postgraduate online distance learning...[Illustration of people studying, teaching and reading, books and digitally on laptops and mobile] Perhaps you work with children and young people or are a teacher thinking about taking your learning to the next level? Or...
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. See previous article in series: Writing up your dissertation Why give a presentation? Giving a presentation on the results of your work is a requirement for the EPQ. You are asked to: show evidence of how you approached and carried out...
Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

...system in which acceleration can be due to either gravity or changes in velocity? It seems to depend on how you are looking at it. That led to the idea of a “reference frame” – the stage on which the objects you are looking at play out their roles. There may of course be other frames in which the objects appear to behave differently, so we need a description of all...
The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...system to take account of the diversity of the population it ostensibly serves. The hostile environment to immigration is only one of a series of hostile environments established by the current Government. The disabled, single parents, unemployed, those who rely on benefits have all been treated, in one way or another, to versions of the hostile environment. The Ken Loach...