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Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Education Academy offers the following definition: Forensic science is the application of science to matters of law. (Higher Education Academy, 2010) A more careful examination, however, yields some extremely important insights. The ‘science’ part alludes to scientific method and how it might apply both generally and in terms of a specific investigation. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...resources from open access sources and the Open University research repository. What? Use of CAM by young people has increased since 2000. Young women use CAM more than young men. The most common sources for getting information about CAM are friends and family and social media. Key message The best way to provide information for young people about CAM is through social...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications Differences There are some important differences between policing in the US and the UK (referring to England and Wales exclusively as they have a particular legislative and governance context). There are some stark differences in the prevalence of guns/firearms among the general public, the number of police...
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When did the largest ocean current on Earth start?
Nature & Environment

When did the largest ocean current on Earth start?

...open. The two gateways impeding circumpolar flow were the Drake Passage and the Tasman Gateway. The Tasman Gateway, between Australia and Antarctica, is thought to have opened shallowly approximately 50 million years ago. Drake Passage is the stretch of water between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. As tectonic plates spread apart from each other 50...
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Rare diseases are important too: Investigating Idiopatic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases are important too: Investigating Idiopatic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)

...Open University's research into the disease...Idiopatic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), also called Pseudotumor Cerebri, is a rare disease prevalent in obese women of child-bearing age. It is characterised by high pressure in the brain for no obvious reason. The patient will show serious symptoms such as severe headaches and visual problems, which can drastically...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...Open University, Berrill Lecture Theatre, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Mike Richards joined The Open University in 1996 to help trial teaching over the Internet. Since then he has taught courses including an introduction to robotics, playful computer programming, and the internet of things. Most recently he has been writing about aspects of computer security from malicious...
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International Development: microcredit and migration
Science, Maths & Technology

International Development: microcredit and migration

...Open University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice... International development: microcredit and migration Introducing the album's content Small change for a better world...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course K272, Challenging ideas in mental health... Challenging ideas in mental health A short introduction to this album. A quiet night on Roundhay Wing An abstract dramatisation set in the year 2000. We are introduced to Roundhay Ward, a psychiatric wing of a large hospital in Leeds. The lost souls A patient...
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