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"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school
Languages

"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school

...works. Write down the ideas he suggests. Is this something that could be done in your school? Who can you talk to (management, peers) to get things started? It goes beyond homophobia The word 'gay' has many meanings. Many of those meanings are positive. Don’t ban the word 'gay' from your school. Teach children how to use it well. Involve the children. In this final...
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Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?
Science, Maths & Technology

Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?

...work using other molecules called enzymes, factors and cofactors, all of which are proteins with specific functions. Therefore, the classical definition of “gene” refers to DNA sequences, which are transcribed into RNA (mRNA) and then translated into proteins. We know today that some RNAs cannot produce proteins and it has been supposed for many years that they could...
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Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we design places to combat loneliness?

...work? Looking at peer reviewed research published in English, the team reviewed a large number of potentially relevant studies (over 7000!). They identified 57 studies which had directly looked at the relationship between the built environment and loneliness. The small number of studies internationally demonstrates that this is an area which needs more research. The...
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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...work of a real-life human, and a machine… so you tell us!...We fed the same article brief - write a 250-word article, titled 'The risks versus the rewards of using AI in higher education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the...
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Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...working partners, much ACI research and design has naturally been focussing on them. For example, researchers have studied the effects that the use of GPS tracking devices with pet dogs have on them and found how the technology changes their behaviour (e.g. they come back to their owners more frequently and seem especially happy to wear the tracking collar, associated...
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Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...working for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and many others, filming for series like The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Human Planet, Frozen Planet, Ocean Giants and Operation Iceberg. His photographic awards include seven Emmy’s and five BAFTA’s. He has twice won the underwater category in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and has three Honorary Doctorates in...
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Video 35 mins
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Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...work of MSPs and MPs. It discusses the characteristics of the constitution, the importance of the concept of the rule of law, how an Act of Parliament is structured and considers how and why members of the public are encouraged to become involved with the work of the Scottish Parliament...This free course, The Scottish Parliament and law making, explores the law making...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...working as a CISO charged with protecting city networks challenging: “City networks grow over time, they tend to have a collection of technologies and applications that range from being brand new to being decades old.” “I come from working in a military environment where I had always owned the data that traversed my networks…I started to look at our data through a...
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