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Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...become able to receive and process streams of sensory information by being temporarily attached or ‘housed’ in a material body. Indeed, according to scholastic theological tradition, since angels do not have bodies they must borrow unused ones in order to deliver messages to earth. It is important to realise just how puzzling the nature of such a mind would be if...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...become such a focus of a person’s life that the fear itself impacts nearly all aspects of their quality of life. In the next section you will find out more about the experience of panic disorder...Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them: 1.3 Experience of panic disorder - So far you have learned about how mental health professionals define panic attacks...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...becoming increasingly important issues for ecosystem management...Fire ecology: 1.1 The effects of fire on an ecosystem - Given the 2020 wildfires on Australia and the obvious devastation they have caused, the perception of wild fires is often that they are destructive disturbances. However, wildfires are an important part of healthy ecosystems and play a key role in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Languages and the refugee crisis
Languages

Languages and the refugee crisis

...becoming familiar with these differences, as well as trying not to automatically take offence, can help intercultural understanding. The European Day of Languages aims to encourage European citizens to learn more languages in order to promote linguistic diversity, as well achieving plurilingualism across Europe. At present, when Europe is facing an enormous challenge in...
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Article 5 mins
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...become a powerful political identity, its standard-bearers can still lose elections if they end up fighting among themselves. Uneasy bedfellows Daniel Scioli was not an obvious choice of candidate. Given he’s always stuck to his own opinions and was a protégé of disgraced neoliberal president Carlos Menem, “Kirchnerista” hardliners have always regarded him with...
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Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...become truly useful: their weight, range, and how long their power source lasts. We’re aiming to reduce the transmitter weight by harvesting the energy the bee generates while flying. This will allow us to do away with the battery, which is normally the heaviest component. The final bee backpack will weigh less than 50 milligrams (about two grains of rice) and will be...
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Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...become the establishment alternative with a breakthrough in New Hampshire, but barring an exceptionally strong run to overtake or run alongside Cruz, Trump, and Rubio, that is looking more unlikely than ever. Unity wins On the surface, Bernie Sanders' strong showing against Hillary Clinton makes for a dramatic narrative for the hungry 24-hour broadcast media. At last,...
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