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Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Education & Development

Exploring stereotypes in STEM

...work that creative ideas can come from anyone regardless of race, age, gender or sexuality. I believe that to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, and to solve them for the many, not just the few, we need everyone to be represented.’ Read more in the Institute of Civil Engineers article here. We asked AI to provide an image of a scientist. [AI-generated image...
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Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...working outwards. Although it can be used at any time, it is best when there is one main topic Flow chart - Useful if you want to show a process or a change over time. Table - This is most used when two different things are compared. Formatting and writing style In general, it is good to make use of: key words and phrases colour signs symbols subheadings (to group...
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Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics

...worked for NASA In the second example, we consider prosopography as a way to view communities of mathematicians whose presence in archives and historical records are more obscure. Using the example of the West Computing Group at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the USA, expertly treated by Margot Lee Shetterley in her book Hidden Figures, we showcased...
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Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...working machines. Finally, there are security risks. Many older voting systems rely on outdated operating systems, like Windows XP and 2000, which are no longer supported. Several election officials told us that they stockpile refurbished laptops that can run obsolete versions of Windows. Sherry Poland, director of elections in Hamilton County, Ohio, told us that she...
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Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...worked once”, as she describes it. One place that has managed to break this pattern is Northern Ireland, which has overcome the problem of poor labelling of lines such as intravenous lines and urinary catheters. A sick patient may have several different lines attached to them; these were not labelled in any consistent way – if at all – so a nurse might use the wrong...
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The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...work was published in four separate novels between 1924 and 1928: Some Do Not…, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up- and Last Post. (Some Do Not… anticipating by some years what became known as the ‘war book boom’ in 1929, when Erich Maria Remarque’s Im Westen nichts Neues – All Quiet on the Western Front, Richard Aldington’s Death of a Hero and Frederic...
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Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...working on a task can also be motivating. When something feels easy, it can mean that success is possible and when something feels difficult, it can mean that success is worthwhile (“no pain, no gain”). In this case, homework that feels easy implies: “I can do this!” Homework that feels difficult implies: “This is valuable!” Naturally, the demotivating frames...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...work of Treezilla...Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon...
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