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Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...Analysis of care’s role in the economy, and micro-simulations we have conducted for the UK, show that a large rise in care spending can be self-sustaining through its job creation and employee mobilisation. Solving the care crisis is part of the solution to – and not a distraction from – other global challenges of poverty, inequality and environmental
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...analysis of scientific data – descriptive statistics The data in Figure 9 are shown as the mean change in the concentration of cortisol in the blood, plus the SEM (standard error of the mean, which is generally written as +/− SEM) You will probably be familiar with the term ‘mean’ which is calculated by adding up all of the data from a group of participants and...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Air Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Air Pollution

...data is interpreted. They include a comparison between shipping and car emission levels, the processes used to remove pollutants from the air, and ways in which British Aerospace could limit its Volatile Organic Compound emissions in the future. This material forms part of T308 Environmental monitoring, modelling and control... Air Pollution A short introduction to this...
Audio 26 mins
Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
Miscellaneous

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...data about you and your lifestyle. Date: Tuesday 28 November Time: 6:00pm–7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Theatre Blaine Price is Professor of Computing in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University (OU). His research interests focus on improving people’s engagement with data gathered from mobile, wearable and...
Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain
Digital & Computing

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain

...data science and has thus enrolled on a number of courses offered online, including MOOCs and OERs. Each time the learner completes a course, she is awarded a Smart Badge by the educational institution that offers the course. This Smart Badge includes data about the skills that the learner has acquired upon completion of the course. Each Smart Badge the learner earns is...
How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...data about household outgoings for six decades. It tracks social and structural changes over those times, says the ONS' Joanna Bulman...[Shoppers queue in 1950s Bristol] Shoppers wait patiently in Bristol, during the 1950s. This year’s Family Spending report, which covers the financial year ending March 2017, marks the sixtieth year of results from a household...
Europa: a collection
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: a collection

Jupiter’s moon Europa is the target of several exploration missions that will be sending data back to Earth over the coming years. Find out more about this moon and what these missions are investigating by reading our free articles, courses and other resources.
Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...data until they pay a ransom, usually in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, to receive the keys needed to unlock their data. SamSam is far from the first piece of ransomware, you may remember the WannaCry attack that badly affected the NHS during July 2018, but it is another example of just how vulnerable our networked world is to security threats. SamSam demanded a ransom...