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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...Open Settings, then choose General from the left-hand menu; Software Update is near the top of the screen. If an update is available, you will be guided through the process. This can involve downloading a lot of data, so it is best to do this using a free WiFi connection rather than a potentially expensive mobile data connection. Most iOS updates require you to restart...
Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...open their minds to the meaning of language while at the same time conveying the innocence of a past era. Surely, these are also worthwhile educational goals. Judy Blume (1938) once said that children should be able to read whatever they want and then talk about it with adults. If parents and children can talk together, she argued, we will not have as much censorship...
Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Learn about Moon rocks The video below explains how to view Moon rocks under a Virtual Microscope and what we can discover. Transcript My name is Mahesh Anand and I investigate Moon rocks collected by the Apollo astronauts. These Moon rocks are on loan from NASA for our research - which as you can see - we keep safe...
Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...open to the prospect. In 1698, the Irish parliament accepted plans to reroute 12,000 Williamite soldiers to Ireland. This was an unprecedented development. With such large numbers of soldiers to be stationed indefinitely in the country, the traditional methods of housing them were no longer feasible. This led the Irish parliament to vote funds for the construction of...
Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...Open University Coastal Concern Action Group (CCAG) http://happisburgh.org.uk/ccag/ Accessed 20th December 2019 Edwards, T. (2017) Future of the Sea: Current and Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the UK, FORESIGHT, Government Office for Science
Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate
Society, Politics & Law

Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate

...Open University continues to focus research on issues of migration and narratives from those with backgrounds of seeking asylum. The Covid Chronicles from the Margins project explores the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspectives of creative asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in the UK and around the world. [Refugee cartoon, society matters] While the...
What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Science, Maths & Technology

What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...Open University. These videos explain what they research and do at the university...Written by Inka Maskiewicz and edited by Grace Richards My name is Inka and I am currently in Year 11, about to sit my GCSE exams. I've been participating in the Girls’ Network Programme for a year now, which is set up to match high school students like me with mentors who share their...
Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...opening access to the democratic process for all. In a more negative sense, our interviews suggest that the culture of the profession has not progressed as much as it could. While we heard that parties in more affluent, metropolitan constituencies were now more likely to select a woman candidate or accept an all-women shortlist without too many grumbles, the picture...