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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...conceptions of politics: Left 21 is a conventional political pressure group that seeks to represent specific political demands as a means of securing policy-level political change. By contrast, FM 101 activists saw the protest as an opportunity to establish a community that would itself be the demand. I was struck by these differences, and noted that the method of...
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Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
History & The Arts

Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast

...concepts of Irishness could be extremely divisive outside of the Ulster Hall, within, a different type of Irishness was encouraged. An Irishness that was not bound with politics or religion, but was fluid and heavily anchored in music and collective memories, enabling all other connotations to be temporarily suspended. The importance of Gallagher’s music to Belfast is...
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Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...concepts for new shows or approaches. And of course viewers should risk wasting some of their time by actually watching them, and take a little more time to tell the media what they think. Have programmes changed their thinking or actions? If not, what would make a difference? I’m not sure it matters precisely how climate change is added to people’s TV diets. But the...
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A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...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 playing games such as draughts,...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...concept and analytical framework to analyse how aspects of a person's social and political identities/social characterisations, such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability/disability, among others, combine to create different modes of privilege/discrimination and advantage/disadvantage. Recently, CRT has become a controversial theory and...
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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...concepts race and ethnicity in a higher educational context cannot be fully understood without exploring the institutional structural system used to address equality and diversity. Challenge 2: Inequitable learning attainment [Student graduating wearing academic dress] Ethnicity is contributing to the widening gap in learning attainment as is evident in the recent...
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60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...concept of thinking machines dates back to antiquity. Renaissance craftsmen built complex automatons to try to simulate intelligent behaviour. However, the possibility of genuine Artificial Intelligence (AI) had to wait until the arrival of programmable computers in the twentieth century. Since then there have been several failed attempts. That was until the advent of...
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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...Concepts, edited by A. Finkelman and C. Kenner, second edition, pp. 85–109. Jones Bartlett Publishing. Garcia, R.L. (2020) ‘Nurses Have an Essential Role in Promoting Accurate Health Messages’, Nursing Times. Hill, B. (2017) ‘Exploring the Development and Identity of Advanced Practice Nursing in the UK’, Nursing Management, 24(5), pp. 36–40. Available at:...
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