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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...technology education. People who don’t want a science career shouldn’t be excluded from accessing the wonders of space. Everyone can contribute to exploration. What will a space artist create? How will space actors act or space dancers dance? We also need to consider how we experience space in relation to our culture and our community. The Navajo people of the USA...
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...educators, leaders and practitioners, we tend to operate on assumptions: about our learners, their needs, and what will help them succeed (Wilkinson, 2021; Wheatley, 2015). But what if some of those assumptions were worth challenging? Arguably, inclusion is about much more than accommodating differences; it is about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive in ways...
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...Technology, published in 2002 by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), states: Proponents put forward two basic arguments in favour of dialogue. The first is that traditional consultation tends to be unattractive to many people and draws only on ‘predictable’ sources. They argue that dialogue can provide new opportunities for people who may be...
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University Ready
Education & Development

University Ready

A collection of resources to help you get started with higher education. Ar gael yn Gymraeg
Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...educational performance across the board. But is there really any proof?...Music is one of the most beautiful and powerful creations of humankind, and its powers are well known – making us happy and sad or relaxed and excited. And more generally, music can induce powerful feelings – as Bono the lead singer of the band U2 put it, “music can change the world because...
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...technology to report on the environment. ...Ade Thomas Ade founded Green.TV in 2006, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, after a career in sustainable programme-making that stretches back two decades. Under Ade’s leadership, Green.TV is a leader of global sustainability content-creation broadcasting. Ade is a former environment journalist with...
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?

...technology companies. At first, China demanded that user 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...
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...technologies. Once again, this excitement proved premature; the artificial intelligences of the 1980s proved to be hard to maintain, and failure prone. Colossally expensive research programmes in both Japan and the United States never met expectations and once again funding and interest in artificial intelligence dwindled. The Second Artificial Intelligence Winter had...