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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Is it fair to judge a student from a low-achieving school against a privately-tutored student? On the other hand, the first candidate did not need a job so could spend time on schoolwork.

Economics 111
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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

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This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

IoT 78
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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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These dental scientists are investigating a range of topics relating to the teeth and mouth, from uncovering the genes that lead to dental abnormalities, to examining the public policies that influence the inequalities in dental treatment. Motivation occurs when someone experiences satisfaction in these three psychological needs.