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Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...university teaching to the development of movie scripts; as well as wreaking havoc on social media and in political debates. ChatGPT is built on top of OpenAI’s proprietary GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) software; an example of a so-called Large Language Model (LLM). LLMs are built using neural nets trained on very large volumes of text. This text is comprised...
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The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...university? Chi Onwurah Yes. I went to Imperial to study electrical engineering, and that was a bit of a culture shock, because I had to move down south and it was very white. It was very male, it was very public school. Whilst I wasn’t designing beautiful objects like this I was learning how to be an engineer - telecommunications that was my speciality. I mean this is...
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Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement
Nature & Environment

Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement

...University's Environment courses Digital carbon footprints Our modern-day digital dependency carries with it many unique characteristics. Besides the benefits that digital technologies can provide, such as efficiencies, scale and advanced capabilities, there are other social and environmental aspects that are often less obvious. One such characteristic is what is known as...
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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon Allport, a Harvard academic published ‘The Nature of Prejudice’. In one of the thirty-one chapters, he discussed how prejudice between groups might be reduced simply by intergroup contact – provided certain conditions were met. This became known as the contact hypothesis and has become one of the...
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The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...University's Psychology 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...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...University English modules (A111 and A335). Dickens transformed the nineteenth-century novel; created characters that most of the population still knows by name; and allegedly invented Christmas, although he competes with Prince Albert for this last honour. Less well known are his views on race and colonialism. Few readers think of Dickens as a ‘colonial’ writer and,...
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Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...Boy and I Don’t Know My Place”: Phil Lynott and the Black Atlantic’, Rock Music Studies, 9(1), pp. 94–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2021.1935726. Smyth, G. (2005) Noisy Island: A Short History of Irish Popular Music. Cork: Cork University Press. Thompson, G. (2016) Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott. London: Constable....
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What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...university. Like other young people, they were keen to learn and want to succeed in their courses. However, they sometimes missed classes due to their caring responsibilities. At times, they found it difficult to do their coursework and prepare for exams. Where to get support The young people in our study were all receiving support from a young adult carers service....
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