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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...data relating to the wages of craftsmen compiled during the 1950s and 1960s by Phelps-Brown and Hopkins. The estimates of growth rates were revised downwards by Deane and Cole, largely on the basis of alternative data based on new research into Gross Domestic Product as well as wages. In the mid-1980s a further and more radical downward estimate of growth figures that...
The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup
Science, Maths & Technology

The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup

...data. Intuition is sometimes seen as unscientific but recent research has shown that it is often vital to making decisions. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman and psychologist Gary Klein suggest that intuitive expertise can only develop in environments in which there are stable relationships between identifiable cues and events. Cues in football could be relative team...
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...data, and how they process data. Finally you will learn how these systems are used...Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This free course, Introducing ICT systems, will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work. You will also look at how ICT systems convey, store and manipulate data, and how they...
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?

...data on family planning is being used and shared, reports Christabel Ligami...An innovative mobile technology is helping countries in Sub-Sahara Africa access vital data on family planning and reproductive health every six months. Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020), which uses the mobile technology, provides information useful for reporting,...
Sugar coating biopharmaceuticals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sugar coating biopharmaceuticals

...analysis is not easy. Glycans themselves are complex structures, and proteins are often coated in a mixture of many different types of sugar chains which further complicates the analysis. In the pharmaceutical industry, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is one method which is often used to analyse sugars. This type of analysis usually relies upon the...
Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...Data was generated in the last three weeks of February 2020 during the middle of the module. Two instruments provided for student-volunteers: a self-reflective structured questionnaire developed by Sheehy and an open and optional question created for them to give their individual views on any factor they wished. The instruments for data generation were developed in...
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...Data science, analysis, and visualisation Digital learning and development Digital project and product management Digital marketing and social media Digital leadership capabilities Digital transformation decision making Activity 3 How digitally confident are you? Timing: 15 minutes Read the descriptions of the skills and examples in the Essential Digital Skills Framework,...
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...data about what people have actually done. This free course, Digital forensics, is an introduction to computer forensics and investigation, and provides a taster in understanding how to conduct investigations to correctly gather, analyse and present digital evidence to both business and legal audiences. It also outlines the tools to locate and analyse digital evidence on...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs