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Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...concepts we might use and then design a solution and test it before we put it in place? We seldom see this in healthcare, and that’s partly driven by culture and lack of training, but partly by lack of time.” Dixon-Woods agrees that healthcare can learn much from how engineers approach problems. “Medical science tends to prioritise trials and particular types of...
Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...concept of ‘better regulation’ which entailed, notably, a policy shift away from formal law enforcement. The effects of this initiative have been staggering. Between 2003/04 and 2014/15: Food hygiene and food standards inspections fell by 15% and 35% respectively, while there were 35% fewer food prosecutions. In relation to occupational health and safety, inspections...
Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...concept is successful because the material is in compression, exploiting the greatest strength of the iron. The same principle had been used since at least Roman times in stone bridges. The design was imitated elsewhere with some success, both in Britain and abroad, and cast iron was also used widely in the early Victorian period in buildings. It culminated in the world...
The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...concept has grown into a much more sophisticated view of supply chain coordination. The whole supply chain has to follow the volume and short-run mix variation if excess work-in-progress, pipeline stocks and waste are to be avoided. The problem is further compounded by supply chain dynamics that create instability if demand uncertainty and variation are not managed with a...
Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...concepts of equitable benefit sharing. So, can space technologies solve the SDGs? Space technologies are not a remedy to the global problems, but to harness their potential, they need to be used inclusively, justly, and equitably. The next stage of my research will involve investigating further how space applications can be used inclusively, and I am super excited to...
On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...concept that people running the BREXIT campaign would care for the National Health Service is rather an odd one. I seem to remember Michael Gove wanted to privatise it, Boris wanted to charge people for using it, and Iain Duncan Smith wanted a social insurance system. The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python. The issue of the...
Introduction to group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to group theory

...concept of a group is introduced using the idea of symmetry. It is relatively self-contained and should be reasonably easy to understand for someone who has not studied any of the previous texts in the course. However, a few techniques and definitions taught in earlier units in M208 are present in the extract without explanation. Mathematical/statistical content at the...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it

...Concept] To better understand mindfulness and its potential, it’s important to address five common myths: Mindfulness is not the same as meditation, as there are many ways of being mindful that do not involve formal meditation. You can be mindful outdoors amongst nature, or in any of your daily activities – even the basics of doing the washing up or making a meal....