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A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...systems have developed over time understand how technology influences what we can do with language, and the form that language takes...A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis: 1 Language and everyday technologies - Language is an integral part of our lives. We listen to it in conversation, on the radio, on the TV and on our mobiles. We read it in emails,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...system in order to infect other computing devices or storage media that interact with the infected computer. A worm exploits the vulnerability of computing devices in a network and replicates itself by finding and infecting other vulnerable computing devices. A Trojan is malware disguised as something useful and can be self-replicating. Ransomware is malware that demands...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...system? What do you now think the purpose of imprisonment should be? Why do you think Grendon ‘works’? Does prison work? part 1 (11 minutes 7 MB) PATTI LANGTON This is Side 2 of D3 15 audio cassette 2. This side looks at how various researchers have addressed the question 'Does Prison Work'? It relates directly to Book 3 Chapter 2 & Book 2 Chapter 5 of the course....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...system mishandles an upper respiratory infection and mistakenly wipes out the estimated 30,000 neurons in the centre of the brain. In an organ of up to 100 billion cells, this might not sound like too much to worry about. But these are no ordinary cells. They are found in the hypothalamus, a small, evolutionarily ancient and unbelievably important structure that helps...
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Article 15 mins
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...systems in the world. For example, NHS England considers high quality care to consist of care that is safe, clinically effective and has a positive experience for the patient (NHS England, n.d.a). Going beyond the definition of quality, it is important to note that the process of improving healthcare also involves defining the important aspects of quality improvement as...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...and has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals of high-scientific standing. He currently chairs the UK-node of the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) comprising of over 100 members from 15 UK higher education institutions. In the video below, Mahesh discusses the far side of the moon and why we need samples from it. Transcript...
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Video 40 mins
Why has English taken over academia?
Languages

Why has English taken over academia?

...system Some solutions to these problems have focused on devising language policies which are meant to safeguard local languages. For instance, many Nordic universities have adopted a “parallel language policy”, which accords equal status to English and to the national language (or languages, in the case of Finland, which has two official languages, Finnish and...
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Article 5 mins
Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...systems. What’s more, because the flaw is located in such a fundamental part of the computer, there’s no way to know whether or not a machine has been targeted and what data might have been accessed. Both the main flaw (Spectre), and the Intel-only flaw (Meltdown) have been created by a design technique intended to enhance the chips’ performance known as...
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Article 5 mins