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Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...data and be more readily quantified this might seem like common sense, but these same approaches have also emerged in a wide range of other fields. This includes areas such as management and education where evidence is often less quantitative – that is to say, reliant on numbers and numeric data – but instead more qualitative and is based more on opinions, impressions...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...data to rigorous, systematic analysis reveals contexts and influences to which as a professional she was completely oblivious. Kathy illustrates well the value of looking at the everyday familiar with fresh academic eyes. One thing that happens to a number of professional doctorates is that their sense of who they are changes. They assume a new identity. Dr Aubrey-Smith...
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...analysis and interpretation of data. Climate science is often about searching for subtle shifts in the data...Session 1: What is ‘engineering the climate’?: 2.2 Probability of different types of weather - One analogy that reflects the idea that climate is a range of different types of weather is: … weather’s how you choose an outfit, climate’s how you choose...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...data protection and decision-making capacity, for example, the Data Protection Act, 2018 (UK). If you want to find out more about becoming an ethical researcher, check out this Open University short course: Becoming an ethical researcher: Introduction and guidance: What is a badged course? - OpenLearn - Open University You should be able to justify the research decisions...
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

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Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...data available about drug safety during pregnancy, many of these women will face a stark choice: use medications that have unknown effects on their developing children, or forgo treatments that are crucial to their own health. In the autumn of 2013, Heidi Walker, a lab technician who lives in Nottingham, England, was hospitalised for severe depression. Over the course of...
Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...analysis). When it comes to Brexit or Trump, think successful plumber, not starving artist or temporary lecturer. [Graph illustrating point described in text] Some might say that even though these populist voters aren’t poor, they really, actually, surely, naturally, are concerned about their economic welfare. Well, let’s take a look at the top concerns of Trump...
Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...Data / datafication. In both contexts, my concern has been to unpack how the phenomena are discursively constructed vis-à-vis geopolitical, body-political and other issues. With regards to Internet governance (Ali, 2018a), I have drawn attention to three matters that I suggest are ‘entangled’ with the issue of ‘alignment’ which I maintain constitutes a preeminent...