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An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...research priorities...This free course, An introduction to floodplain meadows, explores how these traditional landscapes can deliver a range of nature-based solutions that will improve our environment. The course will help you to learn about this unique environment, increasing your ecological knowledge, developing your skills in critical reasoning, and offering you an...
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...research and practice; and some key concepts such as agency, power and authority and context. You will consider some differences between concepts, models and theories and be introduced to some questions that will help you evaluate different educational leadership theories and models...This free course, Exploring educational leadership, provides an overview of the field of...
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...researcher writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are linked to one’s lived experience and identification. Historically, hair has held...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...research investigation; that is, finding out and information gathering – and this of course complements and expands on the initial processes of boundary setting described earlier. The wider process of exploration and analysis is very likely to involve direct contact with stakeholders – for example, in interviews or workshops. These meetings are likely to create...
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...Researcher Julie Medhurst investigated the experiences of twin boys Michael and Martin, aged 2 years 6 months, as they made the transition from the ‘Toddler’ room to the Nursery at their Children and Family Centre (Medhurst, 2014). She interviewed the boys’ mother, family worker and new nursery worker, and found that pre-transition visits to the nursery with the...
The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal
Education & Development

The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal

...in Scotland team: events@childreninscotland.org.uk Below is a range of free courses for you to explore. Early years and young children Additional support needs Working with children and young people Mental health and wellbeing Equality, diversity and inclusion Technology and society Leadership Communication and team working Career development Research and education...
The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...how different phenomena affect space-time General relativity predictions The evidence for gravitational waves and black holes. Gravitational wave astronomy could drive the cutting edge research of future The “dark sector” Examining the concepts of dark matter and dark energy. Ideas about dark energy have led to a theory of the end of the universe called the Big Rip...
Living the Legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Living the Legacy

...on a variety of projects in Jamaica, looking at contemporary responses to Darwin and Into the historic role of Jamaica in providing material for his research. Darwin for young people Several 'Darwin Now' projects have focussed on bringing young people together to discuss Darwin and his legacy. Events and conferences have been taking place both in Britain and in Egypt....