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Who is Donald Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Donald Trump?

...language”. Both these stories have been told many times over. But one aspect of the Trump phenomenon remains a puzzle. This is not about who Trump is, or who his voters are: the questions is what he is. Everyone seems to agree that Trump isn’t a politician in the true sense, either because he failed to meet the standards expected of a democratic representative or...
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The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...courses and qualifications. Misconceptions about physics Teaching is not as simple as presenting students with facts to memorise. Students have their own ideas about the world based on their everyday experiences. For example, students sometimes mistakenly think that light and electricity flow like water or that cold is not the absence of heat, but a substance with a...
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Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well series of Public Talks, I am exploring how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain a well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age. As we know we start ageing the moment we are born, it demonstrates more significantly when we reach a certain age, the...
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Brexit and the Art of Negotiation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and the Art of Negotiation

...free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour. The free movement of labour is what underpins many of the rights allowing the citizens of other European countries to live and work in the UK, and what allows UK citizens to live and work in Europe. But – importantly – the EU is currently arguing that these four freedoms are indivisible; the UK cannot...
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Systems Thinking Hub
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Systems Thinking Hub

Welcome! Check out our fantastic range of FREE resources on systems thinking in practice.
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...language to use to talk about sleep – poetic, technocratic, machinic? Greaney’s overview of sleep science history shows that, whereas literature’s preoccupation with sleep is certainly not new, the humanities have been slow to respond to it. Medical sleep research over the past sixty years has measured our sleep and sleeping habits in an attempt to decipher “the...
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A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...language, form abstractions and concepts, solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans, and improve themselves. [2D depiction of the prop used in the movie "2001: A space Odyssey" to represent the Artificial intelligence named Hal.]This informal group laid the foundations for the first, dazzling successes in artificial intelligence. Within a few years, computers were...
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Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...language was changed as the former implied that this gap is the fault of a deficit within students, rather than institutions and educators. Data about the gap refers to students obtaining ‘good’ classifications in their degrees, either firsts or seconds. According to Advance HE (2020), in the 2019/20 academic year, the proportion of white students who graduated with a...
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