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Everything you need to know about snowflakes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everything you need to know about snowflakes

...become quite large, with Guinness World Records listing the world’s largest snowflake as 38 cm across, falling in January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana, though this is naturally difficult to verify! For aggregation to occur, a cloud must contain many tiny ice crystals, some of which may break up as they fall and produce even smaller crystals, which in turn stick together...
Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...become home and home becomes work”. Further, one’s colleagues can form an essential part of their social existence. However, there remains serious controversy over whether one should form relationships at work – the subject of this week’s episode. Considering how much time we spend at work, it is not surprising that many people make strong bonds with their...
Walkie talkie
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walkie talkie

Learning any new skill, like walking and talking, requires children to encode, store and retrieve memories effectively. Lots of practise and sleep helps these skills become automatic and effortless...Please note - there is no sound or speech in this video.
Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...become a default form of warehousing some of the most troubled and troublesome people in our society. The welfare of some of those most in need is missed, neglected or ignored and it only becomes highlighted as a problem when these same people are imprisoned. A large number of the people we send to prison have grown up in care homes; experienced abuse as a child or...
Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...students and have carried out research with colleagues to better understand their experiences. While neurodivergent people are all slightly different, this quote really resonated with what students often tell me: ‘I’m finding feedback really difficult because it just feels like I’m getting things wrong. And I take that to heart, and I know that’s not what they...
Studying Social Work at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying Social Work at The Open University

...knowledges, social work engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing...” (IFSW, July 2014). Check out the animation below which summarises the real-life experiences and motivations of Open University social work students and graduates. Plus explore more with our free courses related to social work, which are listed below. Transcript...
Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...students to produce a image of a scientist. Their findings, published in the journal Science, described a stereotype that still features in some forms of popular culture. The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on the findings of a research project called 'Invisible Witnesses' to explore these questions. In so doing he considers some of the implications of the...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...Student Assessment (PISA), which regularly assesses the reading attitudes and attainment of 15 year olds. In one such study, Cheung (2016) claims that fondness for reading (defined in his work as readers who follow their hearts), aspiration for reading, and being good at reading are seen as salient elements of readers’ engagement which affect their reading performance....