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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...Social Care with the Open University, and I am the creator of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series. The series is the outcome of collaborative work between academia, research and members of the public who have all contributed to the content as well as to the success of the series. The Series establishes Participatory Public Engagement as the main vehicle for delivery and...
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Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...social media and in political debates. ChatGPT is built on top of OpenAI’s proprietary GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) software; an example of a so-called Large Language Model (LLM). LLMs are built using neural nets trained on very large volumes of text. This text is comprised of material on the Internet; just one collection, Common Crawl, archives more than...
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Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?

...social media. Many parents, particularly those with young children, post pictures of baby scans, milestone moments like the first day of school. Parental posting has perceived negatively – media commentaries and newspaper articles often describe the frequency of family photo uploads on social media as irritating and annoying. So much so that the term sharenting earned a...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...work in HR, it’s the way things are done in the workplace environment. If you’re familiar with 80s music, perhaps you’ve now got ‘Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon’ stuck in your head (sorry!). However, as a doctoral researcher exploring cultural differences and education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin...
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Why Brexit would be bad for employment rights
Society, Politics & Law

Why Brexit would be bad for employment rights

...work, no right to a daily rest period, no laws to prevent employers discriminating against workers who are disabled or who have particular religious beliefs, and no right for employees to take time off work to look after a sick child. This was the UK before the New Labour government was elected in 1997. Since then a substantial number of employment rights have been...
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Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...working class. The nature of that radicalisation and its effect on broader economic, social and political relations between classes are issues on which they differ. One of the clearest alternatives to Iain McLean’s thesis was provided by John Foster (LR, D.iii & iv see section 6) who argued that the years 1914-19 represented a critical juncture where class struggle and...
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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...working in the Social Sciences is that knowledge is socially constructed. What we mean by this is that knowledge is created, and argued about, by us as human beings. Ideas, and their supporting evidence, are constantly being analysed and debated, in an attempt to develop a clearer understanding. Work in the Social Sciences does not stand still, and relatively few ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...social media app Snapchat in an innovative way to enable victims of sexual violence to tell their stories without revealing their identities. [Snapchat logo on a phone on a bed] Like in many other countries, violence against women is a serious problem in India. It has led authorities to enact numerous stringent laws against perpetrators. Despite this, not many victims...
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