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Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...data CD disguised as a music disc, from which the materials were transferred to a laptop and then to the WikiLeaks servers for dissemination. The reports were widely published around the world and caused enormous diplomatic embarrassment for the United States government. Manning was eventually identified after confessing in an online chat to Adrian Lamo, who informed the...
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Article 5 mins
Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...Data taken from the Demographic Health surveys of Kenya (2014), Malawi (2015-16), Mozambique (2011), Nigeria (2018), South Africa (2016), Tanzania (2015-16), Uganda (2016), Zambia (2018) and Zimbabwe (2015) that are nationally representative Source: STATCOMPILER tables Due to COVID-19 several countries have witnessed a fall in institutional deliveries. This is mainly due...
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Article 15 mins
Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...data to be sure. Are they actually similar to Earth’s continents, and if they are, what does that mean for Venus? Could they have formed in a similar environment to Earth? There’s some speculation that Venus might still be volcanically active. If future missions find fresh lava flows, it might confirm that. I’ll use the data I gathered in the Icelandic basalt to...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...analysis allowing you to apply marketing theory to your own experience of having customers. Activity 2 Who are your customers? Timing: Allow 20 minutes for this activity Identify some important customers of your own. Think of your life at work, if you are in employment at the moment. Unless you work in retail, sales or customer service, you might never meet the final...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...analysis of how grief was discussed early on in the pandemic (March-April 2020) has shown that the media focused on two main impacts of the pandemic on grief: changing socially expected practices around death (e.g. visiting dying relatives and funeral practices) and the sense that deaths from COVID-19 were bad and represent a tragic loss of life. This was particularly...
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Article 20 mins
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...data or instructions. The instructions formed the very first computer programming language and contained concepts such as loops (which repeat operations) and conditional statements (such as IF this is TRUE then do this…), which are familiar to all modern computer programmers. There is no doubt; the Analytical Engine was one of the greatest ideas of the 19th Century. It...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...data to show our changing world, Hans Rosling: How to Compare Countries Using Statistics. 9: Plastic bags are more environmentally friendly than cotton ones [Photograph, colour. Two plastic bags next to each other, each with a printed illustration of various types of fruit.] In October 2015 the law changed and large shops in England are required to charge 5p for all...
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Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...analysis template below. What do you believe you bring to a practice learning role (Strengths)? What development do you require to address any specific learning needs (Learning needs)? What might the role of practice supervisor/assessor add to your own professional (and personal) development (Opportunities)? What barriers might there be for you if taking on this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs