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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...university is a place of ideas, and that the flow of those ideas should be in two directions. We don't pretend that the viewpoints you'll encounter on OpenLearn are definitive - we relish the idea of being challenged and tested. Where are comments welcome? * Please note that at the end of 2016, at the request of the team who publish free courses, the ability to comment on...
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Embarking on a career in cyber security
Digital & Computing

Embarking on a career in cyber security

...University’s BSc in Computing and IT and Network Security is a key module in the MSc in Advanced Networking. Information Risk Manager In order to protect computer systems, it is critical to understand the potential cyber security attacks that might be applicable to a particular system and the likelihood that these attacks will be successful. This is the responsibility...
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Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice... Participatory development inaction A brief introduction to this album. Fighting for water Development agency support has led...
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World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...University, provides insight into the educational value of the audio-visual material and explains the course structure. This material is taken from The Open University Course U213 International development: challenges for a world in transition... World in transition: managing resources A brief introduction to this album. Fighting for water Development agency support has...
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Hope in a changing climate
Nature & Environment

Hope in a changing climate

...University academics Joe Smith and Vince Gauci introduce this three part film ‘Hope in a Changing Climate’ which focuses on restoration projects in China, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Local villagers work together to rebuild the ecosystem which in turn has restored their environment. By changing their farming practices and re-vegetating these barren lands farmers are...
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Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context
Nature & Environment

Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context

...University course team explore the main issues raised in the videos. The final three audio tracks explore some of the wider political and scientific dimensions of climate change. This material forms part of The Open University course DU311, Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context... Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international...
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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...University are at the forefront of that work, and for the 50th anniversary have been working with NASA to produce a virtual microscope collection of over 550 rocks collected during the Apollo missions. These detailed images are a starting point for many investigations worldwide and show how important the Apollo samples still are to the scientific community. Indeed, NASA...
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Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
Society, Politics & Law

Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

...University Emma Turley, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, CQUniversity Australia Lisa Lazard, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University Lois Catrin Donnelly, Associate Lecturer in Psychology, University of Worcester Lucy Thompson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons...
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