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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...systemic racism in the classroom? Christina Collins reflects on her experiences as a teacher and what needs to change...Let me introduce you to a mentoring vignette. It is 2010. I am an eye-poppingly keen Newly Qualified Teacher. I have recently been observed by my mentor Brian with my favourite class. We smashed it, I love them and this meeting is going well. Until....
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Article 10 mins
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...systems. Take serious steps toward real security First and foremost, we must not merely address minor symptoms while ignoring the underlying disease. Transforming our information environment into a more resilient one will take concentrated time, money and even temporary disruption, all of which we must be willing to endure to achieve long-term benefits. For example, we...
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Article 5 mins
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...system for making sure that all aircraft are safe at all times. In the same way that drivers of cars have to obey the rules of the road, pilots also have a huge number of laws and regulations they must adhere to ensure the safety of the shared airspace, runways and airports. Air traffic managers communicate with pilots and other parties to keep everyone informed about...
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Activity 20 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...systems have developed over time understand how technology influences what we can do with language, and the form that language takes...A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis: 1 Language and everyday technologies - Language is an integral part of our lives. We listen to it in conversation, on the radio, on the TV and on our mobiles. We read it in emails,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Sensory augmentation devices
History & The Arts

Sensory augmentation devices

...systems, are now helping progress research in other very practical applications... Sensory augmentation devices How can new technology help you to play a new musical instrument? The E-Sense research programme, which is building novel augmentation devices to explore sensory, bodily and cognitive extension, will begin to explain this through a short, insightful video....
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Video 8 mins
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...system in order to infect other computing devices or storage media that interact with the infected computer. A worm exploits the vulnerability of computing devices in a network and replicates itself by finding and infecting other vulnerable computing devices. A Trojan is malware disguised as something useful and can be self-replicating. Ransomware is malware that demands...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...system? What do you now think the purpose of imprisonment should be? Why do you think Grendon ‘works’? Does prison work? part 1 (11 minutes 7 MB) PATTI LANGTON This is Side 2 of D3 15 audio cassette 2. This side looks at how various researchers have addressed the question 'Does Prison Work'? It relates directly to Book 3 Chapter 2 & Book 2 Chapter 5 of the course....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...system mishandles an upper respiratory infection and mistakenly wipes out the estimated 30,000 neurons in the centre of the brain. In an organ of up to 100 billion cells, this might not sound like too much to worry about. But these are no ordinary cells. They are found in the hypothalamus, a small, evolutionarily ancient and unbelievably important structure that helps...
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Article 15 mins