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How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Nature & Environment

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?

...research. One trend that isn’t debated is the rate of growth in digital technologies. This has been growing exponentially since the commercialisation of the transistor, and continues to, despite global events. Digital technologies are responsible for carbon emissions from their creation, through to their use and disposal, and their sustained exponential growth will...
After Manchester: Pause, and carry on
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Pause, and carry on

...children and young people”. She told us that we would in the coming days “struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but as an opportunity for carnage”. Further, although always conceding the unimaginable pain involved, she said the images we should hold in our minds are not those of the...
EdTech Evidence: What works and why
Education & Development

EdTech Evidence: What works and why

...children’s EdTech? Currently, numerous EdTech evaluation frameworks exist (65 frameworks for efficacy and effectiveness alone). The various frameworks do not necessarily negate each other. A robust evaluation routine for EdTech considers a diverse range of questions and methods, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Furthermore, a robust evaluation...
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...research from Cambridge suggests that better, clearer, consistent design of tubes and liquids could save lives...[Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle] The Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle In November 2004, Mary McClinton was admitted to Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, USA, to receive treatment for a brain aneurysm, a potentially serious swelling in a blood...
Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...researcher at the Brewing Research Foundation, I discovered the process of converting barley into malt – the Barley Abrasion Process – which was patented in 1969 and used immediately by the British brewing industry. I returned to Heriot Watt University as a member of staff from 1977 to 2005 and it was a great honour for me to receive an honorary doctorate from The...
Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...research, student participants across 99 universities were asked about relevant contributing factors to any ethnicity attainment gaps – the highest response (87%) was the lack of HE role models representing all ethnic groups. The research goes on to identify that having a more diverse workforce is a key factor to addressing the attainment gap (Universities UK, 2019)....
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...children are quite clear about what they like and don't like. It is possible to get children to discuss why they liked or did not like particular books and to encourage them to think more deeply about the books they've read. This free course, Encouraging book talk in the school library, offers ideas and activities to engage pupils in discussing books. It is aimed at...
Explore your digestive system
Nature & Environment

Explore your digestive system

An interactive exploration of how the digestive system works...Take it further Try one of our delicious recipes. Discover the new approach to health offered by healthy living centres.