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Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...researcher into heredity, was initially asked to resolve a dispute between two investigators about who had made certain discoveries first. In the process he became fascinated with fingerprints and decided to conduct his own studies that led to his book. In the book, as well as some original insights, he used data and conclusions that had been previously discovered -...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...Research. “With utilities, you start providing services over a certain network and you’re kind of stuck there; they have no growth potential, and people don’t want to invest in them.” He spoke with LSE Business Review managing editor Helena Vieira during the Mobile Money and Financial Development Conference at LSE. Could you tell me briefly about your digital...
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...research into the violent and fatal encounters experienced by black women, bringing attention to cases such as those of Sandra Bland and Rekia Boyd. She highlights the relative invisibility of cases like this when it comes to not only those in academia but also in terms of what captures the media’s attention, the response (or lack) of policymakers and the general...
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...research with this article. References Kirsty Hughes (ed) ‘An Independent Scotland in the EU: Issues for Accession’, The Scottish Centre on European Relations, March 2020, available at: www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/An%20Independent%20Scotland%20in%20the%20EU.pdf Drainey, N. ‘Meet the Scots who can’t wait to finish Brexit and...
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...research) whether this has changed in the last 50 or 60 years? This means that questions like the following are asked: Do men and women share tasks more equally? If this has happened, why? To what extent do our conclusions need to take into account the differences between families? So, these changes are the starting point of this particular social science cycle of...
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...research (1981). Whilst this has been developed and refined over the years, it still forms the basis of research and writing about teamwork. Belbin identifies nine clusters of behaviours, or roles, in a team. He suggests that individuals are more effective if they are allowed to play the roles they are most skilled in or most inclined to play, although they can adopt...
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...research of Professor Lucy Green (2002) into how popular musicians learn...Teaching secondary music: 3.1 Formal learning and pedagogies - Formal learning is typically thought of as being provided by schools, colleges or music service instrumental lessons. Here, knowledge typically lies with the teacher. It is they who define the learning objectives, and structure the...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...Research International Sounds great that ‘One can major [i.e. graduate] in computer science and do anything’, doesn’t it? Then again, isn’t this miles away from the view of computing as a training ground for programmers and system builders? The good news is that one doesn’t necessarily need to exclude the other! The grand vision behind this quote is that...