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My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...becoming more and more important. The free courses below explore some ways in which you can take advantage of these skills. More Creative suites and software In extension to computing use, an understanding of software development – no matter your area of work – will enable you to review working systems critically and effectively. The range of free courses below give...
Fake news in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Fake news in Wales

...become a hugely contested issue over the past few years and has led to a wave of global soul-searching. The debates over truth and deception in public life are encapsulated in the crisis over ‘fake news’ – a term that first broke into public consciousness around 2016. The idea of politicians and other public figures playing fast and loose with the truth isn’t new,...
From space to laboratory in four days
Science, Maths & Technology

From space to laboratory in four days

...student Ross Findlay about being the first person to make laboratory analyses of the Winchcombe meteorite...Sometimes events unfold in a way that seems almost too good to be true. When PhD student Ross Findlay discovered that the Winchcombe meteorite fireball shot past his childhood home, a little bit due west of Tewkesbury, he was excited about the possibility of small...
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...students learning. They used online platforms to give lessons, mark work and send feedback, and they used apps to teach and introduced students to programs that let them work together on projects. In the aftermath of school closures, the market for EdTech has kept on growing. The value of the sector is projected to rise to US$132.4 billion globally by 2032 (£106...
Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...becomes: how to broaden your perspective? From the perspective of a person standing on the earth, the earth feels still and the stars and planets appear to move around it. Building on previous centuries of research, Galileo constructed a perspective which put our sun at its centre. If the planets orbit the sun, then so does the earth, and so we earthlings must get our...
Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane
Society, Politics & Law

Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

...become dependent upon documentation and status and this has mostly become socially acceptable. In the latest review of the UK by the UN Human Rights Council, many concerns were raised about the effects of migration control. Policies are putting human rights out of reach for some in the UK. For example, some visas make employees dependent upon employers and unable to...
The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...becoming regulated in the mid-19th century. This history is poignant and has shaped our understanding of who are foster carers, what is foster care and what should it look like. It's about relationships, not preconceptions The words ‘foster carer’ may bring to mind thoughts, meaning and images that you attach to this role. Through looking back at history, we gain...
Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...becomes intimate. When the actions of politicians mean that people like you face discrimination or marginalisation, the public becomes private. Your individual pain is rooted in sociopolitical decisions made by those in power. Significant political events can trigger genuine psychological problems. Mental health professionals report increased rates of anxiety, depression...