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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...based on The Five Pillars for Ageing Well, and tailored to inform and engage diverse communities. This is of particular significance in multicultural societies and for maintaining equality in the provision of opportunities to age well. AWPTS, as a novel educational intervention, is co-produced with and for the public and has become, over the years, a highly adaptable tool...
Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...based work, or sitting in a lab working with components.” Being an engineer is not necessarily about brawn. [Electronic engineer] Only 11% of professional engineers are female (Engineering UK 2015) 2. To be an engineer, you have to get your hands dirty (literally) “Engineering is not just engines,” says Elizabeth McCaig, Senior Specialist, Structures Rule...
What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...based exercises available on YouTube and from charities such as the MS Society. Regular physical activity is also well known to bring in very important nutrients (including glucose) and oxygen to our brain (and other organs). The brain is the most susceptible organ to lack of oxygen and glucose ( our brain needs around 20% of glucose and oxygen from the overall glucose...
Young people making their own media
Education & Development

Young people making their own media

...based in their world, or creating short fan films. Contrary to a certain perception of teenagers which sees them as naive and straightforwardly (badly) influenced by the media they watch, fandom is an illustration of how young people negotiate media in critical and complicated ways. This can involve exploration of themes or relationships that the original media will not...
Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...based on psychological evidence, that’s harder for drivers to resist or deny. Interactive education, which allows drivers to experience their own distraction, rather than hearing about the failures of others, would be a good place to start. If we don’t address driver attitudes, we won’t meaningfully address driver distraction, regardless of what the law says. This...
Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...based chatbot but is the information it gives accurate? This article looks at the limitations of this advanced open artificial intelligence...In late November 2022, the American artificial intelligence company OpenAI opened its ChatGPT chatbot to the public. ChatGPT caused a sensation – not only amongst artificial intelligence experts - but also amongst the wider...
The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...based on what he’s seen on the TV he would be a bit ignorant. “The origin of life is hotly debated, some say evolved, some say created, choice is up to you it just depends on how you weight it.” Benjamin Zephaniah Way back when you were a kid what got you interested in science? Jon Chase I was always big on little programmes about space and science. So every time I...
Selling Empire: Introduction
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Introduction

...as able to bind Britain and Empire together, as in the 1930s to 1950s advertisements below. [The Blue Funnel Line] Pre-war advertisement for The Blue Funnel Line in Times Weekly Edition (Special Singapore Naval Base Number), Thu 3 March, 1938, p. 30 [Sime, Darby] Sime, Darby advertisement from Straits Times Annual (Singapore); precise dates unknown but circa 1940s/50s...