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Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...work they had to carry out for their courses (e.g., essays, lab experiments, designs, software etc.) and the feedback given by the teachers for later use (e.g., to show to potential employers, apply for a study programme, internship, scholarship etc.). This creates a high overhead for the students, as they need to keep track, organise, and safely archive the relevant...
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Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © The British Council 2009... Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist A brief introduction to this album. Darwin's great great granddaughter The poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...works to keep people living with dementia and their carers engaging with the walks and outdoor environments? A new Parks Trust and Open University initiative finds out...[Older woman and young woman on a hommock next to a lake] It is great for everybody to get outdoors once in a while. But that is not so easy if you are living with dementia living either in community, or...
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Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?

...social class DE, social housing renters, some black and minority ethnic voters and other hard-to-reach groups. That would mean not only that fewer constituencies were Labour-winnable, but that there were simply fewer potential Labour supporters registered in 2020. Stacking the deck The strategy is well underway. First was the ERA Bill’s proposal to change voter...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...social media posting there will be a prominent place for emojis in digital discourse. Judging by our own research at Emojipedia, emojis have never been more popular on social media than they are today, even though certain emojis appear to have passed the peak of their popularity (😂 Face with Tears of Joy, specifically). PS: Yes, it’s worth thinking of emojis as...
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Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...social media message with a beautiful image from a friend. The image shows a cute little girl happily hugging a large lion, as shown below. It is a touching image but isn’t it too dangerous to hug a wild animal? Would you let your daughter take part in a photo like this? I normally wouldn’t, but I would this time as I know the girl was not really hugging the lion. It...
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Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football

...social media will play a pivotal role in engagement. UEFA and participating teams will utilise platforms like X, Instagram and TikTok to offer behind-the-scenes content, live updates and interactive features. Advertisers will vie for fan attention with live sports data, personalisation, and dynamic real-time content. With 77% of fans engaging in at least one other...
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...social housing, and allow markets (and subsidies) to determine the costs of housing and food. We need new strategies that simultaneously address basic needs and the planetary health threats with which we live, including global heating, biodiversity loss and pollution, which all risk human health. Through living systems design we can, for example, use multiplying,...
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