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Department of the Commons
Society, Politics & Law

Department of the Commons

...working to recognise the legitimacy of occupied buildings in the city and organising public discussion tables in occupied buildings where citizens share decision-making power with the Administration. It was initiated by local government and encourages people to participate through voting, organising and campaigning and public assembly. Dept of the Commons is local in...
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Article 5 mins
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...work? A: There’s no single way in which AI works – it’s a range of technologies. The simplest perhaps are expert systems which are rule-based, and you have a whole load of rules which can be thought of as ‘if this is true or if this is false, then do this…’. They’re widely used in medical diagnosis and fault finding in complex engineering systems, for...
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Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...work in healthcare, social care, the independent or voluntary sector, local government, education or almost any other sector in the UK. Influences on health are often outside the control of the health sector and include factors such as education, housing, employment and climate. Therefore, for public health activity to be successful they require effective partnerships....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...working and project-based contracts, with many employees having portfolio careers with multiple employers. How do we prevent people becoming demotivated and disconnected, and heading towards lower wellbeing and perhaps even burnout? Employee Engagement [Tech start up office] Employee engagement may be a management approach that you are already familiar with, as it has...
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Article 10 mins
The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection
Society, Politics & Law

The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection

...working within the rail industry in Scotland, for the period starting around 1900 until the present day. The role of women in Scottish Trade Unions, and in the wider Scottish Labour Movement since the mid to late 19th Century, has been under-researched in important respects. While important work has been done, much remains to be uncovered, not least in relation to...
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Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...works, but how it works socially. These are learnt skills, not something you simply intuit. Just as programmes around internet safety awareness are important at primary and secondary school for understanding the dangers that online communication can involve, so too education around how communications media operate, and the implications this has for how people share,...
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My career goal: Marketing
Money & Business

My career goal: Marketing

...social media in marketing Seth Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of SocialMedia.com, discusses the changing role of social media and its impact in developing a marketing strategy: Transcript What does a buyer actually do? As part of this documentary series for British Vogue, you will hear about the role of a fashion buyer, and how trend forecasting works in the industry. See...
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Article 20 mins
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...social justice at the centre of their work. New York-based Negin Farsad’s new book, How to Make White People Laugh, has been described as “memoir meets social-justice-comedy manifesto”, and the one-time social policy analyst talks about comedy as a platform for advancing social justice. For some comedians, it’s not just about getting laughs – it’s about...
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Article 10 mins