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Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...communication through the media when taking action in a time of drought Is recycling water good? People on the streets of Essex tell us what they think. The panel outline what we can do to help ourselves. Fresh water filtration The multi-stage treatment process river water goes through before it comes out of our taps. Waste water filtration The processes at a sewage works...
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Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...community projects, in schools and with Volunteer Police Cadets – but we found that too frequently these initiatives were the result of the enthusiasm of a handful of staff, and practice was not widespread, leading to a ‘postcode lottery’ effect. (All Party Parliamentary Group for Children, 2014, p. 2) The key implication of this is that first impressions count. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...community – that means contributing to that network and making it work for us and using it as a filter. I don’t often read lots of blogs because I know that if something interesting is coming out then my social network will act as a filter and surface it for me. My fourth one is reciprocity. When I was writing my previous book before the creative commons version one,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...community - Throughout this eight-week course we will keep referring to ‘development’, rather than alternative terms such as ‘teaching’ or ‘education’. You will spend some time learning about collaboration and collaborative leadership. However, the main focus of your work will be on developing yourself as a practitioner, as someone confident and capable of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...community, but the size of the government sector is being shrunk for political and economic reasons. And so charities perform a very key role in delivering government services to contracts. So that's a very simple product star business model, a customer the government is paying for the charity to deliver services to a group of people who are getting it for free. I suppose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...communicate denial of climate change and increasingly helping people with the anxiety and distress experienced when faced with the seriousness of the climate crisis. On the Climate Psychology Alliance website, this is how their work is described: Climate Psychology is concerned with the emotions and the social and mental processes that have contributed to the ecological...
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Article 5 mins
What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...communities more resilient – all without creating pollution or using scarce resources, such as oil. [Trout fry in a tank] These trout fry could help provide the fertilizer to make chips... It begins with fish poo and pee, both of which contain lots of ammonia. Worms that live in rooting substrates break the solids down and then bacteria convert the ammonia into nitrate,...
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Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...communicate their view on a whole group of people belonging to a certain category. However, stereotypes do seem to play an important role in shaping attitudes and potentially norms. The features of the Old School Project we are interested in at the OU are related to intergenerational perceptions. We are keen to explore how perceptions and stereotypes influence the...
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