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Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...systems, and population growth and urban development outstripping available water supplies. But looking outside the cities’ boundaries, a lesser-known cause emerges: degraded natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure (sometimes called “green infrastructure”) refers to natural and open spaces like forests or wetlands that are strategically managed to protect...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...systems Today, it's all done electronically through GPS, a world-wide radio navigation system made up of a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. These 'artificial stars' are used as reference points to calculate a terrestrial position to within an accuracy of a few metres. In fact, with advanced forms of GPS you can make measurements to within a...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...systems were compromised by SamSam’s owners during 2017, although they took no action until March. Once activated, SamSam spreads rapidly across the company’s network before locking the data, ensuring that hundreds, if not thousands of computers are crippled – increasing the likelihood that the ransom will paid. Like many big organisations, Atlanta faces the problem...
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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...think about some of the issues raised, the more puzzling they may seem. If, at the end of the course, you are left with questions as well as answers, that will be an excellent starting point for further studies in physics. A note on powers of ten and significant figures Physics involves many quantities that may be very large or very small. When discussing such quantities...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...think about the implications of its title: Company law in context. In particular, what constitutes ‘company law’, and what is the context in which we are thinking about it? At this point, you might like to pause for a moment and contemplate what this phrase means to you. In particular, what do you understand by the concept of a ‘company’? At first, this may seem...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...thinking about ethics in the context of research design and development as relevant to your module, whether desk or field-based. The Masters programme recruits for an October start each year. You will need to have accessed your My OpenLearn profile and downloaded your badge as a PNG file or your statement of participation as a PDF to submit your badge for use towards the...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...systems to wearables, the Web and the Internet of Things, interactive products have become part of everyday life. But how can interactions be designed to best meet their purpose and offer good user experience? This free course, An introduction to interaction design, explores this topic. You will learn: what interaction design is; the importance of user-centred design -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...Thinking ahead: planning for the future Each young person, whatever their background, has their own vision for what their future may bring. They might identify a role model in their family, someone whose accomplishments they have read about, or want to emulate a well-known figure they have heard about on social media. Alternatively, they may get really interested in a...
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