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Getting started with a Password Manager article icon

Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

Overwhelmed by having 12,345 different passwords? Time to get in a manager...

Article
15 mins
An introduction to web applications architecture free course icon level 2: intermediate icon

Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

This free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of computer software that runs on web servers, instead of those running solely on desktop computers, laptops or mobile devices.

Free course
8 hrs
Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam article icon

Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

The city of Atlanta was shut down by a ransomware attack - what should you do to avoid being a victim of similar attacks?

Article
5 mins
Hacking under your skin? article icon

Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

A Belgian research team have discovered a way to hack into medical implants.

Article
5 mins
IT in everyday life free course icon level 1: introductory icon

Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

We now live in a global village where distance is no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact. This free course, IT in everyday life, will enable you to gain an understanding of the information and communication technologies that drive our networked world and how they now permeate our everyday lives.

Free course
4 hrs
Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education article icon

Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

Eschewing the polarising perspectives that often characterise discussions of digital technologies in academia, The Digital Academic: Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education, edited by Deborah Lupton, Inger Mewburn and Pat Thomson, offers an insightful and diverse take on the digital landscape in Higher Education, ...

Article
5 mins
Introduction to algebra free course icon level 1: introductory icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

This free course is an introduction to algebra which builds on the idea of using letters to represent numbers. Section 1 looks at finding, simplifying and using formulas and includes useful tips on learning algebra. Section 2 introduces some of the terminology used in algebra and techniques such as evaluating and checking equivalence of ...

Free course
16 hrs
The house doesn't always win article icon

Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

A short story to get Safe Computing started in its new home...

Article
5 mins
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Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

On Monday, two stories appeared in the press about UK government concerns over foreign interference in telecommunications equipment.

Article
5 mins
From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture article icon

Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

We are delighted to invite you to From Zero Day to Doomsday, a lecture by Mike Richards on the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack, which had serious implications last year for the NHS and businesses around the world.

Article
5 mins
What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online? article icon

Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

We're only weeks away from the General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] coming into effect - and it's not entirely clear what it means for children. Sonia Livingstone & DaYoung Yoo wonder if greater clarity is generating more confusion.

Article
5 mins
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Digital & Computing

China and the internet

John Perry Barlow's experiences suggest some in China are wary of the rapid change promised by the internet - but that doesn't mean it's a nation closed to innovation.

Video
5 mins