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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...becoming more popular because they are cheaper than dedicated leased lines. This, however, involves different users sharing internet links to transport their data. Directors of business organisations are increasingly required to provide effective information security. For an organisation to achieve the level of security that is appropriate and at a cost that is...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...OU colleagues Esther Saraga and Gerry Mooney. Participants in the discussion were: John Clarke Professor of Social Policy at The Open University; Esther Saraga Social Sciences Staff Tutor in The Open University's London region; Gerry Mooney Staff Tutor in The Open University’s Scotland region. Activity 1 Listen to the audio file. You may find it helpful to listen to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...become the rival of Mars as a priority for astrobiological study. This course recounts the history of our changing perceptions of the icy satellites, examines the available evidence for their internal structures, and considers the niches offered for life to begin and to be sustained. In this context, the 'habitable zone' embraces settings devoid of both sunlight and an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...becomes clearer when you work out its weight as a percentage of the mother’s weight. But to compare ‘like with like’ you first need to express each measurement in the same units, in this case grams (g). 8 kg is equivalent to (8 × 1000) grams = 8000 g, so 0.5 g as a percentage of 8000 g is (0.5/8000) × 100. This calculation comes to a little over 0.006% –...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...becomes super enciphered and when Alan Turing took over at Hut 8 here for his team to break Naval Enigma, he was told by Frank Birch ‘Naval Enigma is impossible to break’ and Alan Turing said ‘I like impossible tasks’. Chris Williams So May 1941 when the Bismarck was loose in the Atlantic, were Bletchley reading Naval Enigma? Michael Kushner Yes they were reading...
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Article 5 mins
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...become very large and unmanageable. The question would also need to specify what it means by ‘success’ and with which NATO ‘responses’ it is concerned, but these could be achieved through sub-questions and discussed in the introduction. 2. What is the role of soft power in international diplomacy? A comparative study of the United States and China. Discussion This...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...become more innovative...This free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which innovation can apply in policing and how those working in policing and related fields can become more innovative. This course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...become the most visible structures in modern cities, instead setting a height limit for buildings both inside and outside the town centre. Milton Keynes has plenty of wild areas, grasslands, forests, lakes and an impressive river, the River Great Ouse, which forms its Northern border – although as a large urban jungle, Milton Keynes’ biodiversity is reduced and...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs