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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...data and controlled by investment management corporations. Politics moved away from the idea of making society better, and instead became about the prediction and management of risk. Transcript The political narrative, hollowed out by simplification and often intentionally contradiction, took on a surreal aspect. As Curtis is fond of saying, ‘nothing quite made sense...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...data. It was a co-constructed reality. We were engaged in a research method called collective autoethnography, though we were only just beginning to name it as such. [Woman holding a phone while speaking in a voice note] What Is Collective Autoethnography? Autoethnography (AE) is an approach to qualitative inquiry in which a researcher recounts a story of their own...
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...analysis, or TNA (sometimes called a training needs assessment), design and development, delivery and evaluation critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of the traditional training-based approach, and the main implications of the shift from training to learning explain what we mean by coaching and mentoring and how they can support learning practise a range of...
Could you be a code breaker?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could you be a code breaker?

...analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’ [Front image capture for the game 'CODE BREAK'] Click on the image above to start playing CODE BREAK. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free...
What is ‘woman’s work’?
Money & Business

What is ‘woman’s work’?

...analysis will focus on understanding whether the perceptions of work–family interface are constructed as conflicts and/or whether they are also viewed as opportunities for professional and personal enrichment. In exploring these experiences of work–family interface the chapter will also discuss the specific factors that affect the balance between work and life. Read...
Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing samples for infra-red spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Preparing samples for 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Analysis by mass spectrometry...
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...analysis carried out by Colin Tankard, managing director of a data security company, here is a summary of what went wrong and how the attack could have been prevented (Tankard, 2015): The three web pages that were vulnerable to SQLi were inherited from Tiscali when TalkTalk took over its UK business in 2009 (ICO, 2016). According to the ICO’s investigation, TalkTalk did...
Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...data including passwords stolen. The cloud servers that store websites and other internet data are also at risk. This is one of the biggest cyber security vulnerabilities we’re ever seen in terms of the potential impact to personal, business and infrastructure computer systems. What’s more, because the flaw is located in such a fundamental part of the computer,...