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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...social media channels to tell us which you believe is human-written. Article A, or Article B? Good luck! Article A - The risks versus the rewards of using AI in higher education in 2024 In 2024, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education continues to be a topic of considerable debate, raising questions about the risks and rewards associated with...
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Article 5 mins
Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...social and cultural life, but many communities still do not have any land rights over the traditional territories within which they make their livelihoods (Hall and Patrinos, 2005). Compared to the non-indigenous population, indigenous people experience extreme poverty, lower life expectancy, higher rates of child mortality, inadequate or absent schooling, higher levels...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...of hearing and listening to the voices of victims and survivors, and acknowledging the harms and injustices they have suffered. Ultimately, the 100-year struggle for truth, recognition and reparations by survivors and descendants provides inspiration for people all over the world seeking redress, healing and genuine accountability for social harms and state violence....
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Article 10 mins
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...Social pressures affect everyone to varying degrees and the approval or disapproval of friends and colleagues may be more important to the decision maker than being ‘right’ every time. Political beliefs also vary and people will rank differently, for example, individual and social gains from a situation. Each individual develops personal beliefs and values, including...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

The following learning is from the Geography strand in The Open University level 1 module D113 ‘Global challenges: social science in action’..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ This is an invitation to: watch a series of six videos from countries across the Global South as part of the International virtual field trip...
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Article 5 hrs
The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...social issues, or the sources of prosperity, the history of how economic modernity came to be really matters. Historians have been debating this subject for years, and the literature is vast and diverse. But, to simplify for a moment, one could talk of two schools of thought that seem to go “in” and “out” of fashion. One is the view that economic modernity emerged...
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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...social problems, although they may alleviate some of the symptoms. By giving charity we are not creating a situation where people’s dignity is maintained. We are not engaging in an act of mutual respect. We are reacting compassionately to the suffering of another, but that other is not our equal in any sense of the word. To be reduced to a state of beggary is to be...
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Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...social narratives to form fictional expectations that coordinate action and provide the confidence to act. The various contributors to Uncertain Futures examine how economic actors form expectations and make decisions despite the high level of uncertainty they face. The book demonstrates how grand narratives, central bank forward guidance, economic forecasts, finance...
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