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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...analysis software can help us develop new insights into classic literature...When Mary Shelley published her iconic Gothic novel two hundred years ago in 1818, she probably did not imagine it would continue to be read and reprinted into the twenty-first century. Like many other works from our cultural past, Frankenstein is available in several digital formats and from...
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Article 4 mins
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...Analysis involves understanding the problem which the software is intended to solve, i.e., the requirements in context, with validation as the means to check that understanding. Design involves describing, conceptually, a software solution that meets the requirements of the problem. Implementation involves realising such a solution in software. Testing involves making...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...data is stored and deleted, and why online safety and data security matter while gaining a deeper understanding of how technology influences the way we live and think...This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how to prepare...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...data stream about the current state of the earth, from equipment that tracks global warming to earthquake warning systems. Environmental monitoring is not only conducted by scientists and other experts, but also by countless volunteers around the world. The area of ‘citizen science’ has grown over the past few decades due to a policy drive for public participation in...
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Article 10 mins
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...data set - that is, quote a value as a rate (per weekday, for example, or per head of population (that is, per capita)) or as a percentage - provides one way of doing this. At other times, we may need to add another form of correction or adjustmentto the figures that allows us to be able to make a fair comparison against a particular basis. For example, for comparing...
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Video 45 mins
How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete

...data shows that 75% of the top 300 tennis players were aged 3 to 7 years when they started playing, whilst 21% began between the ages of 7 to 10 years, and only 4% started their tennis involvement between the ages of 10 to 13 years (Li et al., 2020). Yet, although Raducanu began playing tennis at a very young age she avoided the intensity that specialising in only one...
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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...data collected from the Census. The best way to discover when this new content is live to subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on our social media channels: Twitter, Facebook or Instagram . About the project [Laura Hampton ] The project will tell herstories of twentieth-century migrant women entrepreneurs by comparing their presence in the latest available 2011 Census...
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Systems Practice
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems Practice

...of British debate is how little analysis is made in ... systemic terms' - Will Hutton If you want to generate a fresh perspective on complex issues; if you want to break out of traps and rigid ways of thinking; if you want to get things together more in your life then you're in the right place. Explore, and see if you can use systems practice to improve your processes....
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Article 5 mins