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OpenLearn supports Get Online Week
Education & Development

OpenLearn supports Get Online Week

...data to get connected. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people to get online for the first time and improve their digital skills...This content is associated with The Open University's Open degree qualification. [Get Online Week logo] OpenLearn is working with Good Things Foundation, the charity behind Get Online Week, to deliver a collection of introductory-level,...
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Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...interactives and free courses Learn more about our co-productions in the season Delve deeper... [Graphic of digital data ] [Image of computer code on a computer screen] [Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] [Image of a digital globe in a hand] [Padlock on a computer keyboard] [Image of architect working with an ipad] Our co-productions...
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Space scientist: John Zarnecki
Science, Maths & Technology

Space scientist: John Zarnecki

...data one and a half billion kilometres away from Earth. Applying space technology on Earth How instruments devised to analyse the atmosphere on Mars are now being adapted to detect tuberculosis in Africa. International space research Using the internet to create a live observatory for students worldwide, and Zarnecki's dream to provide instruments for the next Chinese...
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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...analysis of the modern airport. Using a lively mixture of videos, interactive exercises and readings, the course explores how the social world of the airport is made and maintained. In particular, it investigates how the processes that constitute this world - queuing, check in, security clearance, moving around and so on - depend on relations between people and material...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...analysis, can be applied to assess and weigh the net benefits of such intervention...The economics of flood insurance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: begin to understand and confidently use some economic concepts and terminology break down the issue of flood risk into some essential elements and apply appropriate economic theory and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Climate change is triple risk to Europe
Nature & Environment

Climate change is triple risk to Europe

...data from 4,200 river-measuring stations in 38 European nations across a 50-year timespan. They also collected information on soil moisture, rain and snowfall and temperature. In western Europe, 50% of the stations recorded a shift towards earlier floods – up to 15 days earlier – and in northeastern Europe, half of all hydrometric stations recorded an advance in the...
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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...Data availability “Too long they have been overlooked as a means to tackle climate change. Too often have problems of accurate measurement and reporting stymied progress towards climate-smart soil management. “With the surge in availability of big data on soils around the world, alongside rapid improvements in understanding and modelling, the time has come for this...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...data files and security updates’ if they are not already selected. Unlike Microsoft, Apple does not have a regular schedule for delivering updates. On occasion, Apple has forced security updates on machines to fix the most serious problems. These updates are entirely automated and do not require restarting your machine. Apple iOS (iPhone and iPad) Updates for Apple’s...
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