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Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?

...technology led to a growing optimism about the potential of design to change the world. One school, modernism, laid the foundation for machine-inspired design. Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair Designs don’t just have utilitarian or aesthetic functions they can also have economic, social and political ones. Here Emma Curtis,...
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Video 25 mins
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...technological position of GenAI as of that date. When used appropriately, GenAI can be a powerful tool to help complete tasks more efficiently and refine work outputs. Lawyers are exploring the capabilities of GenAI in their own work with regards to drafting, research and administrative tasks. There is also real potential for GenAI to help facilitate greater access to...
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Article 20 mins
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...Technology (ETH Zurich). “A shock causes a disturbance, but a healthy and resilient soil will be able to recover, rather than deteriorate.” A diversity of fungi, bacteria, and other organisms such as nematodes, mites, termites, and earthworms live in soils and keep the soils healthy. But agricultural practices, changes in land use, climate change, and other...
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Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...Technology. Available at: Rotection® Technology To Protect Your Brain - Rezon (rezonwear.com) (Accessed: 20 June 2023). McMinn, J. (2023) ‘Subconcussions’. Available at: Sub-concussions: What are they and what’s the impact? - Rezon (rezonwear.com) (Accessed: 20 June 2023). McSweeney, E. (2022) ‘CTE: The silent killer in contact sports’, TEDx Athens. Available...
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Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model
Science, Maths & Technology

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

...technology but also the status of black people in society and the role of women in the workplace and in science. Katherine Coleman was born in 1918 in West Virginia and showed very early on that she was no ordinary child. Her ability in mathematics was such that she continued her schooling beyond high school (very unusual for African-American children at that time) and...
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...technologies for reducing plastic pollution, the converse approach with packaging is to develop alternative materials that have an overall lower environmental impact. This can be achieved by changing the formulation of the material to use more renewable and biodegradable resources, or to include an active function to the material that extends the shelf-life of foodstuffs....
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An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...technology have impacted healthcare? What influence does all this have on how a day-to-day clinical role is carried out? This free course, An introduction to data and information in health and social care, will help you to understand the ways computers and technology work with health data to produce information, and how exactly this impacts patient care...Have you ever...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'
Education & Development

Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'

...educate them through engaging and interactive activities. ...What is MyShout!? MyShout! is an online resource which young researchers can use to teach themselves about how to do social research. It was designed by Dr Cindy Kerawalla and a group of young researchers. MyShout! divides research into 8 easily digestible stages. Young researchers can work their way through the...
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