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Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...help you remember and define the terms relating to malware. The Threatsaurus is a plain-English guide, to help IT managers and end users understand the threats posed by malicious software. The Threatsaurus includes: an A–Z glossary on computer and data security threats practical tips to stay safe from email scams, identity theft, malware and other threats a guide to Sophos’s security software and hardware. Download the ......
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...English language at this time). The popularity of ‘health foods’ (such as ‘Hovis’ wholemeal bread) and vegetarianism grew from the mid-nineteenth century to become a mass movement in Germany and surrounding states by 1900, although it was much less popular in Britain. The quest for a healthy diet was closely linked with other movements – such as unorthodox...
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...English, you may find useful resources at the website of the Plain English Campaign. Ensure the user has control over basic things like stopping and starting audio clips. Never include audio that starts automatically – this can create issues for those using other forms of audio output. Keep your design as clear and consistent as possible. Test your fledgling resources...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...English visitor who's delighted with Glasgow life, its powerful vitality, innumerable lights and shades and the magnitude of its achievements which is rather a nice summing up of Glasgow's image at that time. A few years later we find another loving depiction of the commercial world in Frederick Niven's "Justice of the Peace" published in 1914 but describing things as...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...English broadcaster and naturalist, with a University of Cambridge degree in natural science. He has been producing and presenting natural history programmes for the BBC since the 1950s, when he made his first series Zoo Quest. The programme he is most proud of and best known for is the landmark series Life on Earth, which he wrote and presented, and which was first...
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...English Heritage Photo Library; Figure 3 Endler, J. A. 1980, 'Natural selection on colour patterns in Poecilia reticulata', Evolution, 34(1), pp. 76-91, AllenPress, Inc. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The...
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...English and ask yourself why it is significant. Record your thoughts as they may be useful when you complete the quiz at the end of this session. Discussion The article mentions the Children and Young Persons Act 1963, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, the Children Act 1989 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Each of these has been very significant in shaping the...
Risk management Badge icon
Money & Business

Risk management

...everyday examples of risk, as well as case studies that highlight the causes and impacts of risk in businesses that you may have already seen in the news. This session includes: what is risk? examples of the ‘real world’ impacts of risks risk-based decision making a brief review of the historical background to the emergence of risk management by organisations an...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs