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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...comments box below this article. Study with The Open University Find out more about opportunities to study computing at the OU Find out about the OU’s lead role in the Institute of Coding Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM112) Introduction to cybersecurity: say safe online Information security Introduction to computing and information technology...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...et al., 1990; Wainwright, McKeown and Kinney, 2019) because of her dual heritage, in many ways it is typical of the experiences of people who have periods of mental distress. Psychophobia leads to prejudice and discrimination. This may be something you have experienced yourself or have witnessed first-hand. Being seen as someone with mental health problems may result in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...institutions. FALSE. Many people with a mental illness recover quickly and do not necessarily need hospital care. Others have short admissions for treatment. Improvements in healthcare provision mean that most people can live within the community while receiving the continued care and support they need, without being confined to psychiatric institutions, as was more...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...institutions. Skewering on both sides of the partisan divide On Monday, for example, Stewart led with a story about the Koch brothers hosting five Republican presidential candidates at a conference in California last weekend. Stewart cracked wise about secret presidential forums, political machines, and the skewed influence of a “billionaire patronage selection...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...institution in Vienna where Nazi doctors conducted cruel experiments with the children. He managed to survive the atrocities but the horror did not end there for him. When he later recognised one of his torturers, this psychiatrist had become famous in his profession and a forensic expert in high demand. The doctor took preventive measures and due to his spiteful...
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...Institute of Technology – Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur), which, in a study released last year, said vehicular exhaust contributes as much as 25 per cent, biomass used as fuel 26 –17 per cent, and the burning of municipal waste about 8 – 9 per cent. Whatever the cost, most agreed that the smog is taking toll on the health of people in Delhi and possibly shaving their life...
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Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...Institutions] have been excluded from school. In the documentary ‘Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people’ Dr David Scott talks with three leading campaigners in the UK against the imprisonment of children and young people. Carolyn Willow is a leading children rights campaigner and the director of Article 39 and has argued against imprisoning...
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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...institutions formed teams to systematically search the countryside surrounding Winchcombe. The results of their labours are several stones weighing around 500g, plus a lot of dust and fragments. The specimens are now at the Natural History Museum. Precious rocks Why is this such a big deal? Meteorites are divided into two main groups: primitive and processed. The...
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