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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...Research. Bowden has opposed anti-terrorist legislation, since it was hurried through by the UK government after the events of September 11th. But why does he oppose it? Casper Bowden Part 11 of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act deals with powers which can compel Internet providers, and in fact, potentially any Internet user, to stockpile traffic data, on their...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...Research Institute. Irwin, D. (1997) Neoclassicism, London, Phaidon. Langdon, H. (1998) Caravaggio: A Life, London, Chatto & Windus. Lee, R. (1967) Ut Pictura Poesis: The Humanistic Theory of Painting, New York, W.W. Norton. Levy, E. (2004) Propaganda and the Jesuit Baroque, Berkeley, CA and London, University of California Press. Lichtenstein, J. (2008) The Blind Spot:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...Research Establishment was located) to London...Session 2: How have citizens mobilised against nuclear weapons?: 2 The Euromissile Crisis and anti-nuclear activism in the UK in the early 1980s - A second and even larger wave of anti-nuclear activism emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. In Western Europe, this was chiefly triggered by the 1979 decision...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...research, combining precise measurements with the approximations and simplifications that are inevitably part of any branch of biological science. You've encountered different types of diagram in Section 2. Inevitably they are simplifications of the real thing - and they leave out details and assumed irrelevancies. Sometimes diagrams try to capture the essential features...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...research. We can also study the inheritance of characters at the level of the genotype. In this section we will jump between these two levels, and in so doing we shall be jumping from the fundamental work of 19th century biologists, who could only trace phenotypes, to that of present-day geneticists, who work at the level of the gene...Meiosis and mitosis: 3.1 Inheritance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...research, to much more technical methods. In fact, collecting data on the internet has become big business. And the news is often full of data breaches, getting companies into trouble. If you’re going into business yourself, it could be very useful to understand data so you can research who to sell to and put your understanding of handling data to good use. ...Session...
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Free course 48 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...researchers and companies are working to make quantum computers a reality. By the end of this course, you will have a grasp of quantum computing fundamentals, its computational advantages, and the technological advancements shaping its future. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...research and critical thinking skills by introducing you to different forms of legislation. The activities included in this course provide you with an opportunity to locate an Act of Parliament and consider the layout (structure) of a statute. You will consider how legislation controls certain types of behaviour or social interaction in society, such as excluding certain...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs