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Citational politics
Education & Development

Citational politics

...analysis and/or interpretation of the data on which the work is base or... Making critical, intellectual input to the writing or revision of the work/research output. There are more formal reasons why citations matter. The absence of a citation reflects on the writer and may imply misconduct or other unethical activity. To use someone’s ideas without acknowledgement is...
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...data identifies 56 different ethnic groups in China, but one group - the Han - accounts for just over 90% of the population. Education in the Communist state Education has been highly valued in China since classical time: traditional Chinese philosophy emphasises education above other values. This focus on learning continues to be important in Chinese society today; a...
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Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
Nature & Environment

Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?

...I remember very fondly how a new intellectual door opened for me when I first read a copy of Jake’s best-selling Penguin book Fuel’s Paradise during my PhD research at the Cambridge Energy Research Group. In one way or another this new language of energy analysis has defined my career and life-long interests in energy teaching, energy efficiency and conservation....
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Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...analysis of a single learning activity to a wider view of you as a learner. Two main things will probably affect your approach to learning: your motivation (the reasons why you are engaged in a particular course of study) your previous history as a learner, both in a formal setting (such as at school or on another course) and informally, through unstructured or unexpected...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...analysis are framed often affects the final decision. The same data can lead to very different conclusions if decision makers have different assumptions about the way the world works...Making decisions: 7.3 What is an effective decision? - To improve decision making it is first important to have a clear idea of how we should judge an effective decision. While in this...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Was British business always planning for Brexit?
Money & Business

Was British business always planning for Brexit?

...data for 5,415 firms in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as the mid-sized northern and southern European economies of Sweden, Finland, Italy, and Spain. Our data covers all publicly listed non-financial firms. In a nutshell, UK firms follow the general European trend in diversification, namely reducing it. Their approach to internationalisation is, however,...
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Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Education & Development

Has media literacy become self-destructive?

...Data & Society, asks if American society has become too distrustful of experts...[Self-destructive computer] Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during [the US Presidential] election cycle, many progressives are calling for an increased commitment to media literacy programs. Others are clamoring for solutions that focus on...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...Data Exchange System (known to linguists and developmental psychologists as “CHILDES”). An amazing feat of language research, CHILDES is the biggest repository of English language data in the world and includes recordings of language produced by children and their caregivers in conversation. Its audio examples of children’s speech are widely used for research...
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