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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts Published: Social sciences, humanities and the arts are vital for addressing complex challenges, but do young people truly understand their value? Lessons from SHAPE form the cornerstone of governance, culture and community.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Economics is the study of how people make decisions, how we choose where to study and work, how we promote fairness in society and how our lives are shaped by market institutions and government policies,” says Dr Emil Temnyalov, an economist at the University of Technology Sydney. How does Emil study the efficiency of differential treatment?

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Cyber security for the AI age

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Additionally, financial services also provide access to large sums of money, which criminals try to access through mobile banking malware. Every year, the numbers get worse and show that we are far from being able to mitigate and contain the numerous cyber threats that target both industry and government,” says Burcu.

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Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

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Professor Birgitta Rabe is using this data to inform government support for children’s well-being. Economics — a branch of social science that studies the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, as well as a huge variety of other complex issues of vital concern to society. TALK LIKE AN … ECONOMIST.

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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Collecting all these data can take a long time, and the team makes use of government databases, academic papers and its own field work and experiments to do so. “It It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.”

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Online battles: combatting false information and reducing online risks

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Additionally, many apps and other digital platforms require access to your data to work correctly.”. There are often other people who, intentionally or not, might cause you problems if they access certain bits of your personal information,” says Sarah. THREAT MODELLING. ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. Pathway from school to Cyber Security.

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How is mathematics applied to real world problems?

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How is mathematics applied to real world problems? Published: Mathematics is essential to our way of life. Professor Anotida Madzvamuse , an applied mathematician at the University of Sussex , in the UK, and the University of British Columbia , in Canada, led the UK-Africa Postgraduate Advanced Study Institute in Mathematical Sciences.