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Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"

What's the point of learning maths, if an AI app can work it all out for you? Watch this video to find out why your own maths study still makes sense...Click here to download the transcript
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Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
History & The Arts

Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English

...English Language qualification. [Bright pink thank you note with yellow words in an orange envelope.] The practice of saying ‘thank you’ – of expressing gratitude to someone for an act of kindness – is a fundamental element in the way we interact with one another. One of those small, embedded traditions which make up the everyday stuff of human relationships, and...
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Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment

...English hospital with positive outcomes for those living with chronic longterm conditions – intervention, perhaps, by some unseen magical force? The British Astrological and Psychic Society saw a dramatic increase in demands for readings following the banking crisis and credit crunch from 2008. It seems even bankers and accountants who usually put their faith in...
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How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?
Languages

How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?

...English speakers. But what is involved in understanding this right in police interviews, as well as the consequences of waiving the right? Extensive research on comprehension of this and other rights delivered to suspects shows that even native speakers of English do not always understand their rights. The problems are even greater for non-native speakers of English who...
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Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world
OpenLearn Ireland

Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world

Is seeing really believing - or can it help with maths as well? Complete this interactive activity to find out how to use your visual skills to help you estimate and make calculations...[A photograph of a man sitting on a cliff. In the distance, there is a lighthouse. This is the banner image for the activity.] Select the image above to start the interactive activity,...
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Teaching a robot how to speak
Languages

Teaching a robot how to speak

...everyday lives, teaching them to speak is a logical step. After all, spoken language is the most direct and intuitive form of interaction for humans. But can these machines really ’think’ when they communicate? What are the challenges faced by researchers into trying to teach a machine how to speak? And what does this tell us about the nature of language itself?...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...English skills far beyond those required for everyday participation in the wider community; essay writing for example. IELTS (including the ‘general’ IELTS) was designed to test formal ‘school’ English skills, and therefore discriminates against migrants with limited education, such as refugees and humanitarian arrivals. It also discriminates against women who...
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Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...English bilingual sojourners in the UK manage their use of two languages in their everyday interactions. Let me begin by explaining ‘code-switching’. Code-switching is the practice of going back and forth between two or more languages or dialects, and using them in the same sentence or conversation. This is something my bilingual friends and I do a lot amongst...
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