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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
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
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
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
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig
History & The Arts

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig

...OU, Yr Athro Emeritws Trevor Herbert a Dr Helen Barlow a Dr Martin Clarke yn cyd-olygu The Cambridge History of Welsh Music, sef yr astudiaeth academaidd fawr gyntaf ar hanes cerddoriaeth Gymreig. Gan ddwyn ynghyd gwaith deuddeg o ysgolheigion blaengar, bydd yn archwilio cerddoriaeth Gymreig a bywyd cerddorol o’r ffynonellau canoloesol cyntaf hyd at ffenomenon ‘Cool...
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Article 5 mins
Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...OU collection exploring what Good Friday Agreement means 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its signing. Beginnings The people who decided what the Good Friday Agreement looked like could not have imagined that by the time of the...
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Article 5 mins
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...OU practice to consider content from many angles, including the cultural and constructions/portrayals of race and gender. You can read more about how we tackled race, and particularly gender, in a companion article [link to be insterted]. Back to the dilemma. I have no experience of creative writing (beyond winning a Blue Peter poetry competition when I was 8), but the...
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