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Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...University, which is designed to develop your professional skills, and improve your long-term career prospects, whether you are staring out in your first job, or progressing at work. Apprentices new to distance learning say they may not feel confident with the skills they already have; this free course will help to support you in becoming a confident distance learning...
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...University course M811 Information security...Information security: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define what information is appreciate the value of information to the modern organisation understand the CIA triad of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability appreciate the difficulties that arise when valuable information needs to...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...University. Learn to think algorithmically and tweak code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts like repetition, serendipity and modularity. The algorithmic wallpaper you create will allow you to demonstrate your newfound...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...University of Stavanger and at The Open University. Natalia studies social justice in early childhood literacy, focusing on the role of technology in children’s reading and agency. She is also examining how children engage their senses when reading. Annie Brookman-Byrne talks with Natalia about changes in reading research – and a possible future in which children...
Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...University dining club. Even in Theresa May’s Cabinet, which has the lowest number of private-school educated ministers since 1945, 33% of the total positions are held by an Oxbridge educated group, whilst most of the others are from well-ranking universities. Several of her cabinet are millionaires, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. This gives the impression...
Why does it matter that the Sun's core rotates faster than the surface?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why does it matter that the Sun's core rotates faster than the surface?

...universe. Many dinosaurs were covered in feathers; there’s a planet in the habitable zone around the nearest star in the night sky; the universe is expanding faster and faster but no one yet knows why. Now there’s a genuinely awe-inspiring and amazing discovery that really has changed the way I think about our solar system. A team of astronomers have discovered that...
Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...University lecturer Janet Seden has written: ‘The strongest messages of J.K.Rowling’s books are those about the qualities needed for parenting, as the contrast between the Dursleys and the wizarding community to which Harry really belongs is played and replayed’. (1) These messages echo the findings of parenting researchers and social care practitioners. The...
Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...University's Science courses and qualifications. [Time travel, laser lights] In Doctor Who, our hero regularly travels forwards and backwards in time, visiting any epoch, anywhere in the Universe, thanks to his time machine the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space). But is time travel really possible? The simple answer to this question is: Yes! In fact as you...