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Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...data with Type Ia supernovae (SNe), weak gravitational lensing (WL), baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements and an additional method using galaxy statistics called redshift space distortions (RSD). [Described image] Figure 6 The measured constraints on an evolving dark energy equation of state. The 2018 Planck data (blue shaded regions) are further constrained by...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...data processing and analysis. Learning analytics of the behaviours of large numbers of students can easily fall into the category of big data. But equally, you might look at the behaviour of one class of students over a course and find that useful insights can be gained without advanced techniques and tools. For example, in an online forum discussion associated with a...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...analysis of your own photographs. Don't assume that once you have studied a photograph, you will have garnered all the information there is to be found. I am constantly surprised at how much I fail to see when I look at photographs. I have given talks using the same images to different audiences. Frequently somebody seeing an image for the first time will point out...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...data and formulate and articulate their own opinions. Your view of geography matters in terms of what and how you teach. Furthermore the opinions of students will affect what and how they learn. Teaching approaches such as conceptual learning and thinking through geography, geographical enquiry, supporting creativity and classroom talk are influenced by learning theories....
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...data collection; so too is 65 years, and in certain parts of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, individuals aged 50 or 55 years are included in studies of older people. As you saw in the video too, a worldwide transformation is under way; populations across the world are becoming older, making this a truly global issue. Although 8% of the world’s population was aged...
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...Data management, accountability and security 4. Effect on patient 5. Effect on health professional 6. Trust Words: 0 Discussion Advantages Reliability and safety Unlike humans, machines are designed to keep going; they don’t require sleep which means they can be available to assist any time of the day or night, which is important for anyone needing help. Going digital...
Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...analysis than a political project with a unity of purpose. In their view, cooperation in international organisations should follow the utilitarian premise of amplifying national goals rather than surrendering sovereignty and building a post-modern entity that ends the primacy of the state in world politics. A few years later, the euro crisis also fostered divisions across...
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...analysis. The discussions were exhausted at the level of rules and agreed targets. I found myself talking at cross-purposes with my interlocutors. They would say things like: “The rules on the primary surplus specify that yours should be at least 3.5% of GDP in the medium term.” I would try to have an economic discussion suggesting that this rule ought to be amended...