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Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...motivated digital attacks during the latter months of election 2016 raised concerns about the electronic security of the American electoral process. These events included the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the ongoing Wikileaks disclosures of email accounts of Clinton advisers. These events increased public interest in cybersecurity beyond the effects of...
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The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...motivation almost every time has been over the issue of equality within the sector. In the 1990s, in the pre-devolution era, the UK Conservative government decided to put a spanner in the works of the then dominant party in Scotland, Labour, by wresting control of Further Education away from local authorities. They did this by what was called ‘incorporation’ (a form...
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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...Motives, standards, and mechanisms. D. Charee (Ed.), Theories in Social Psychology, Wiley (2011), pp. 119-139 Deloitte (2017). There’s no place like phone. Consumer usage patterns in the era of peak smartphone. http://www.deloitte.co.uk/mobileuk2016/?_ga=2.233534102.96578695.1526645345-1184893347.1526645345 (accessed 18/5/2018) Elhai, J. D., Levine, J. C., Dvorak, R....
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STiP@50 Celebrations
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STiP@50 Celebrations

...et al., 2020). The Institute has given approval for a new occupational role and associated Level 7 (postgraduate) systems thinking practitioner apprenticeship (STPA) and the OU launches its own STPA programme in 2022. Led by ASTiP, the Open University was able to celebrate this unique pioneering tradition of fostering STiP capabilities for lifelong learning and managing...
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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...et al., 2002). Not surprisingly, defensive medical practice has been identified as another reason for the increasing medicalisation of childbirth. We live in a society where relatively few babies die and, when they do, it is assumed that someone or something must be blamed. However, defensive practice serves to undermine clinical decision making for the benefit of women...
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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...et al., 2023) to empower the women to make changes to their lives. PAR is a social, practical and collaborative activity where building relationships among all participants and the researchers is crucial in working towards self-determination and reform (Koch, 2006, 2015). PAR gives participants a voice to tell and find understandings of coping in their digital stories and...
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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...et al., 2013). However, others argue that it can be very helpful to be self-aware about the approaches you are taking to learning, and to try out new approaches to learning more effectively...Developing your skills as an HR professional: 2 Using reflection to improve performance - The ability to reflect on actions, and how effective they were, is expected of managers and,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...et al., 2014, p. 153) Figure 1 An example of innovation in policing The imperative for innovation in a policing context has been broadly recognised and is highlighted in the National Police Chief Council’s Policing Vision 2025 policy document. One author makes the point, however, that understanding and defining innovation in policing can at times be less than...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs