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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds needed in the modern workforce and nicely complement any necessary technical skills. Such lessons...
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Article 5 mins
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...become clearer as we progress). Whereas Soane's house celebrates the architect as sole creator, the Pavilion is much more typically the product of a collaboration between architect and client. While Soane was and is the architect's architect, an intellectual and an academic, distinguished, original and serious, Nash was the darling of fashionable aristocratic society,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...becomes 92.3 × 109, which is written in formal scientific notation as 9.23 × 1010.) The UK population in 2010 was approximately 62 million. Express the UK population in scientific notation. 6.2 × 107 people (one million = 1 000 000 = 1 × 106) Setting out your calculation using scientific notation, calculate the number of litres of oil consumed on average by each UK...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...become involved. You will begin by noting what you understand currently about some of the common social work tasks. Activity 3 Social work tasks From your current experience or knowledge, even if you have very limited direct experience to date, list some tasks that social workers and/or staff working in a social work setting might undertake. Note: five social work tasks...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...become a ‘super-Googler’, use your computer as a big calculator and make digital argument maps that shed light on the reasoning behind your own writing and that of others. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...become a foundational piece of scholarship within feminist musicology. In the first section of the article, Citron contends that for any work to stand a chance of being included in the canon it has to be written, published, and circulated, reach public consciousness through a first performance, remain there through repeat performances, and receive a positive review early...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...become when being read to and you may well have had a similar experience yourself, when reading a great book on the beach in your holidays for example. In such instances you can become so immersed in the story and its characters that it can feel like you are wrenched from the world in the story when something drags you back to reality. [This image shows a person in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...becoming increasingly popular, and there usually is plenty of coffee or tea, too. While learning about various breakfast options, you will practise using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense. You will also learn new vocabulary to help you to talk about food and drink. To help you memorise these new words, you will look at strategies for learning vocabulary and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs