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Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...social class, and probably other features such as work status (employed, unemployed, retired, and so on) and the region of the country where they live. Most of the polling organisations speak to their sample of electors either by telephone interviews or through websites. The margin of error There are several kinds of opinion poll results for an election. The commonest...
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...social networks and associated zones of suspicion. General Alexander of the NSA said we want to "collect it all". So he commits the agencies to gathering more and more data every year and therefore the government to the non-audited and unlimited ongoing funding of same. It means an ever increasing budget for any agency involved in such activities, including for GCHQ. So...
What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...social media accounts where he had posted photos of himself attending an anti-government rally and speaking openly against the Workers’ Party (the party of Dilma and Lula). A preliminary ruling by Brazil's Supreme Court has frozen Lula's nomination. A final decision on his appointment is expected next week. Dilma Rouseff hasn’t been officially implicated in Operation...
Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...social media for the scientist, who made complex science accessible to everyone in his 1988 bestselling book A Brief History of Time. Among those early to pay tribute were the American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and NASA. His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of...
The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...social distancing, hand-washing & hygiene are sent regularly. Next, we have to ensure that testing is strategic (not possible to test everyone), contact tracing is immediate (once a person is tested positive it is made relatively easy to trace previous contacts and isolate them immediately), and quarantine is smart (right level of quarantine based on the level of risk)....
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...Social Science courses and qualifications [Actors portray William of Somerly inspecting his plantation] In this still from the OU/BBC series The Slavery Business, William Beckford of Somerley (Richard Dillane, on horseback, left) inspects his sugar plantation in Jamaica Slavery – the ownership and control of one human being by another, to the point of total obedience...
The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...Social Sciences courses Background The rather long-winded title for our union is Educational Institute of Scotland – Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-FELA). Put more simply, we are the recognised union for college lecturers in Scotland. In May 2021 we won an important victory over the proposals for the replacement of lecturers by Assessor-Instructors,...
How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...social mission. It now hosts thousands of articles, videos and several hundred courses, many of which issue digital badges. The first UK lockdown in March 2020 saw an overnight five-fold increase in visitors to OpenLearn and by the beginning of 2022, OpenLearn celebrated the extraordinary goal of having served 100 million visitors since its launch in 2006. Now at the...