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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...institutional support. Drawing on her extensive experience, Allison has created a maths textbook for nurses which she believes could be useful to many of our nursing colleagues (including myself!) The take-home message is that having dyscalculia, maths anxiety or numerophobia doesn’t mean that students, registered nurses and Nursing Associates can’t be safe...
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Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Education & Development

Exploring stereotypes in STEM

...Institute of Civil Engineers article here. We asked AI to provide an image of a scientist. [AI-generated image of a male scientist - he's young, white and able bodied] What is AI telling us (implicitly) about who belongs in STEM? Destabilising stereotypes One of the main barriers to participation in STEM subjects is the way in which the media, generative AI, and our own...
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How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...Institute (HHMI). So I popped into her Wikipedia page and added that wonderful development to it. By the way – I couldn’t find a photo of O’Shea in Wikimedia Commons, so her page couldn’t be illustrated. Post Update: With a couple of pings on Twitter, we’ve got her image on her page now (thanks HHMI!). It can take so little effort to make a difference on...
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Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...institutions in other countries, little to nothing is provided for elections at home. Making systems more nimble for the future State and local policymakers have not had to pay for voting machines in the past because of federal funding for updated voting equipment in the wake of the 2000 election debacle. Faced with a new demand amid many competing budget priorities, they...
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What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...institutional reform. She envisages a recentralised, presidential regime, where a reform of Article 11 of the constitution would give the president much greater scope to consult the electorate directly, by referendum and without referral to parliament. President Le Pen would also dramatically reduce the size of the French parliament and jettison 30 years of local...
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Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...institutional authority, official beliefs, and structures – we decided as a department to explore religion from be ‘bottom up’ – with an emphasis on what people do, practice and experience as religion (or non-religion) in different specific contexts. In this way, we hoped to challenge what is known as the ‘World Religion Paradigm’ which presents the most...
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EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...institutions with large interests in Britain have warned that they and their customers might suffer from a Brexit, including Barclays and the world’s biggest fund manager BlackRock. But a report by Boris Johnson’s economic adviser Gerard Lyons suggests that the City of London – and the country – can now be stronger outside the EU, a verdict which helped to put the...
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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...institutional racism, cultural vandalism. Family violence Forms of physical or mental violence in the life cycle of family members: it can include physical abuse and neglect of children, partner domestic violence, or elder abuse. Although family violence is in some ways a different order of violence than other crimes of the powerful, it is included here because its...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs