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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...data disclosed in 2015. Among other things, the resulting advice is the same: Users should change their passwords and make their login process more complicated (and more secure) by enabling two-factor authentication. The affected services often require users to reset their passwords, but research shows very few people enable features like two-factor authentication. And...
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Article 5 mins
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...data about conditions on Mars comes from the missions – the landers and rovers that have explored Mars, taken samples and analysed them. From these analyses we are starting to get a better idea of variation from place to place on Mars. We know for example that some regions of Mars are very rich in sulphur and that perchlorates are present on its surface at very high...
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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...data and analysis? boundary setting – who decides the boundary of the organisation and the analysis, particularly relating to environmental impacts, scale and time issues? Now let us look at compulsory approaches to environmental management...Environmental management and organisations: 15.2 Compulsory approaches - As noted with earlier reference to the roots of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...data are often presented in the form of a table, with the data arranged in columns and rows. Table 1 below is a very simple example. You will study a more complex one later in the course. Table 1 Number of species of mammals (figures from Burgin et al., 2018) Total 6495 Recently extinct 96 Living 6399 Living wild 6382 Mammals have been around for a long time. Fossils of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...data described in Silva and Cornell, 1992) Figure 1: The optical spectrum of a star - in this case of spectral type F5 - shown as the spectral flux density, Fλ plotted against wavelength What can be learned about a star from its absorption lines? The strengths and widths of the absorption lines contain information about the star's chemical composition, surface...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...analysis of the making of labour demands in Glasgow during the early twentieth century. The paper asserts how revisiting histories such as Red Clydeside reveals complexities within labour movements and links to more recent debates within labour geography. Archival research provides a relational account of the place-based politics of Glasgow that emerged during the forty...
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Article 30 mins
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...data (including in-year progress tracking data) so we can properly hold school leaders to account? Do governors regularly visit the school to get to know it and monitor the implementation of the school strategy? How well does our policy review schedule work and how do we ensure compliance? Do we know how effective performance management of all staff is within the school?...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...data for a range of metals. It also includes the non-metallic element sulfur for comparison. Table 1 Typical data for some common metallic elements and the non-metal, sulfur, at 25 °C. Element Proportion in Earth’s continental crust by mass/% Melting temperature /°C Density/ 103 kg m–3 Heat conduction (1, best; 10, worst) Electric conduction (1, best; 10, worst)...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs