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What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...data from decades-old preserved shrews. Advances in genomics technology allowed the researchers to use the shrews’ DNA to understand past distributions, population sizes, and responses to environmental change. They also recreated the preserved shrews’ diets and parasite communities for comparison with those of modern shrews. “Little did the scientists from back then...
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Foreign interference?
Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

...data to move between computers in your household such as sending a video to your television or games console, or backing up a file to a networked hard disk, or sending a document to your network printer; whilst the router directs traffic from your computer to the wider internet. The alert mentions that attacks have been made against all types of router – from those used...
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...data-sparse regions in the world because of its remoteness and previous inaccessibility. “Lack of data and forecasts in the Arctic does impact on the quality of weather forecasts in other parts of the world.” That’s a worry which is echoed at the other end of the planet. A study led by Dr Julie Jones, from the department of geography at the University of Sheffield,...
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Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University
Digital & Computing

Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University

...data and held in-depth focus groups with tutors and student support stakeholders. What we uncovered reaffirmed existing disparities – but also revealed opportunities for lasting change. [Female college student studying in the library] The numbers tell a clear story. Across both academic years we studied (2019/20 and 2020/21), ethnic minority students had consistently...
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Hack For Change
Society, Politics & Law

Hack For Change

...data, technology, and design processes to improve our communities and the governments that serve them. Anyone can participate; you don’t have to be an expert in technology, you just have to care about your neighborhood and community.” It was initiated by designers and developers, government and non-governmental organisation/charity and encouraged people to participate...
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Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?
Education & Development

Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?

...data and the use of artefacts as a research tool was heralded as a successful approach for enabling participants to contribute with authority, ownership and confidence in a research project. The same was asked of participants in the session which helped to add to the range of artefacts provided. [Effective Approaches To Mentoring: What Works and Why] Download video...
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Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of Bristol argues that the parts of the psyche that operate independent of conscious reasoning can in fact be used to solve problems in...
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Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...data. There will be plenty of examples to help you as you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding. The regular interactive quizzes form part of this practice, and the end-of-course quiz is an opportunity to earn a badge that demonstrates your new skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs