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The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...Everyday perspectives: engaging online Activity 1 Thinking about cybercrime Timing: Allow 20 minutes Try to answer the following questions about cybercrime, drawing on your experiences and understandings. Type your responses (up to 100 words for each question) in the box below, and then select ‘Save’. Your responses are not published anywhere. 1. Think about how you...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...English by the phrase ‘throwing good money after bad money’. In fact most languages have some equivalent phrase, which probably shows how tempting and widespread this fallacy is! Note that those responsible for previous spending may have a personal incentive to push for further spending to achieve something from a project in order to avoid criticism of their previous...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...English has emerged as the de facto lingua franca of business and places like Silicon Valley are the epicentre of innovation in their field, it is easy to forget that much creativity continues to happen in diverse cultural environments. In the modern, globalised age it is tempting to focus solely on the common features different organisations or perhaps even different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...English language, for example, E is the most frequently occurring letter with a probability of about 0.12. This is followed by the letter T (probability 0.06) then A, O, I, N, S and R. Common letter sequences in natural language (e.g. TH, HE, IN, ER and THE, ING, AND and HER) may also be detected in the corresponding ciphertext. These letters and their ordering may differ...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...everyday units...Week 2: Planets, large and small: 3 Gas giants and ice giants - The outer regions of the four giant planets in the Solar System are pretty similar – their atmospheres are all mostly made of hydrogen and helium gas. However, if you look at their interiors, you can start to see some differences between them. [A diagram of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...English. For example, in the text you have just read, supermercato means ‘supermarket’, generosi means ‘generous’ and aneddoto means ‘anecdote’. Many European languages have words with common origins which are similar in spelling and meaning. You can't rely on these similar-looking words always meaning the same in both language, though. Occasionally you may be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...english/ powder.html Figure 16: © Aleph Objects - Makers of LulzBot 3D Printers This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike Licence http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 4.0/ Figure 17: Adapted from: Kauful V., Hernandex W & A., ( 2012 ), 'A Review of Additive Manufacturing', ISRN Mechanical Engineering Figure 18: Aleph...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...English is not your first language. It is well known that time constraints are a barrier in distance learning, and you may well have to be satisfied with doing what is good enough, whatever your circumstances. Your aim should not be to submit the ‘perfect’ assignment (even if there were such a thing). Look again at the discussion of the purpose of an essay in Activity...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs