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What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...system is entering uncharted territory. It seems increasingly likely that neither the Conservatives or Labour will be in a position to form a majority government after the election on May 7. They may not even be able to form a working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known...
Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...systems and access private assessments and support. In contrast, families facing economic disadvantage are more likely to encounter barriers at all stages. Limited access to resources and longer waiting times all contribute towards later identification and lower rates of diagnosis. Later identification and lower rates of diagnosis are also more common for racialised...
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...system are forms of deliberate development. Such changes affect all of us, our livelihoods, and our wellbeing to a greater or lesser extent, depending on where we are located in the overall picture. The issues of deep concern associated with development, such as environmental degradation, poverty, disruptive new technologies, and shifting global power dynamics, connect...
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...system to monitor network traffic, but it hadn’t worked for the previous 19 months because a security certificate hadn’t been renewed. Equifax stored its data in a database called ACIS, and was alerted in March 2017 to a critical security vulnerability in an Apache Struts web server that provided access to this database. A patch had been issued but Equifax failed to...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...systems have been built around certain assumptions about what’s ‘normal’: white, middle-class, non-disabled norms that shape whose voices get heard and whose get dismissed (Tyack, 1974). This is precisely why some scholars describe autoethnography as ‘a radical democratic politics’ that creates space for conversations that can actually change things (Holman...
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...systems. Finite element analysis (FEA) is an indispensable software tool in engineering design, and indeed in many other fields of science and technology. In this course you will be introduced to the essence of FEA; what is it and why do we carry out FEA? As an example of its use, we will look briefly at the case of finite element analysis of the tub of a racing car....
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...systems. Activities should provide an introduction to: reviewing education for students aged 3–19 years as it is realised today across global contexts identifying drivers for change in education. Week 1 activity planner ACTIVITY DETAILS TIME 1 Read the Education in numbers infographic and consider reflection points. 30 minutes 2 Watch the video RSA Animate: Changing...
How might Brexit affect Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Scotland?

...systemic shift in Global politics, with those dubbed ‘Remainers’ having to capitulate at the somewhat unexpected result. There is still little clarity on how the negotiations will affect individual nations of the United Kingdom, in what’s been called the most complicated political discussions since World War II. Analysis of the results showed that although the...