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Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'...[Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your art, in what sense are they separate? What is the advantage of being a visual facilitator and an artist?...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...simple. If you want to ensure your machine is being kept up-to-date, here’s how to do it on some of the most common: Microsoft Windows 10 By default, Windows 10 performs regular checks for updates from Microsoft. The update is then automatically downloaded and installed on your computer. Windows will warn you if it needs to restart the computer to complete the update...
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Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...simple narratives...[Chickens protesting against Donald Trump during a 2018 march in London] Protests against the visit of Donald Trump to the United Kingdom, July 2018 Economists notoriously disagree among themselves both at the level of analysis and in the normative and political positions they take. But, while it is possible to find economists who believe that Brexit...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...simple lines again and again and again and that becomes your brand.” The effect described in this quote is a tried-and-tested influencing method psychologists call the mere-exposure effect. Simply by exposing people to things, causes them subconsciously to develop a preference for it. There is no reason that this would not work for messages such as: “We want our...
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Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...simple effect to demonstrate, and to try it for yourself you need just three things: a length of thin string or thread at least two metres long a weight to tie on the end (e.g. a bunch of keys or a small kitchen utensil) a pair of sunglasses You might also like to collect the equipment you will need for the later part of the experiment: a tape measure a long stick or...
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify
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Discover OpenLearn on Spotify

...commute, your morning walk or wherever you like to listen (or watch), but the best way to make sure you never miss an episode or a new upload is to follow us, click the links, or follow the Spotify code… and we’ll see you there! [The OpenLearn Spotify profile image with the code and IAA logo] FOLLOW ‘IT’S ALL ACADEMIC’, THE OPENLEARN CHANNEL, ON SPOTIFY TODAY....
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Financial strategy and private finance initiative
Money & Business

Financial strategy and private finance initiative

...controversy in refinancing PFI projects. Refinancing: altcourse prison The gains to be made from re-organising financing. The voluntary code The introduction of the voluntary code, brought in by the National Audit Office . Do PFI's work? What is important for a PFI to succeed? Are PFI's a good deal? Malcolm Prowle explores PFI schemes for projects in the UK and abroad....
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Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
Education & Development

Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students

...codes is easy. Once you have chosen your online material or stimulus, copy the URL into a QR generator and the QR code will be created. You can then embed it into online material or print for use in the external environment. Using the mobile device to scan the QR code activates the digital content on the device. Examples of how it could be used include adventure trails...
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