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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...analysis’?, what does ‘relevance’ look like?). Signpost when students should begin preparing for assessments, particularly at Levels 1 and 2. Offer detailed guidance on how long different tasks should typically take. Where relevant, explain how assessments connect to real-world practice to boost engagement. 2. Offer proactive, warm and timely tutor support Studies...
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Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities
Money & Business

Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities

...The purpose of this paper is to report on initial data from an on-going Leadership Foundation funded project investigating the role of Associate Dean in UK universities. To answer the study’s research questions, an embedded, sequential mixed methods design has been adopted. Read more: Exploring the role of Associate Dean in UK Universities – Initial Findings...
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Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...model reflects reality, by comparing the model's predictions against real-world data. This material forms part of The Open University course S396 Ecosystems... Ecosystems: modelling the Earth A short introduction to this album. Using a model How models can be used to predict the Earth's climate patterns. The acid test The limitations of models; how to measure model error....
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Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...data also show middle earners are more likely to eat fast food frequently, averaging a little over four meals during the three weeks, compared with three for the richest and 3.7 for the poorest. Because the data occurred over a four-year period, we were also able to examine whether dramatic changes in wealth or income altered individuals’ eating habits. The data showed...
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...data be stored within its borders. Then it extended this requirement to apply to online content. And now, it is preparing new rules that will require all websites hosted in China to register their domain names within the country. China revised its Internet Domain Name Management Rules and posted a draft online on March 25 for a one-month consultation period. The new...
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...data pointing to significant industry skills shortages by 2020, Dr Alice Moncaster and Martha Dillon believe the sector must attract and retain more female employees. ...The government-commissioned Farmer Review warned in 2016 that the UK construction industry was “facing challenges that have not been seen before”. In no uncertain terms, it called for major...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...data, and driving ever more sophisticated robots. These rule-based systems proved to be highly effective and useful in specific domains; they proved to be as good, or even better than humans in making decisions within specific areas of knowledge. An AI designed for diagnosing childhood diseases or for viewing seismic data used in oil exploration would not be useful in...
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Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...analysis is rarer online – many independent bloggers could use a sharp sub-editor to curb their self-indulgence and word counts, let alone correct their legal faux pas and abysmal grammar – but commentary and analysis is where news magazines are at their best. The rising circulations of Private Eye, The Spectator and – astonishingly, given its content is available...
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