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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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How does economics combine mathematics and social science? Don’t be scared of math! In real life, math is a lot more fun than it may seem in school. I think it’s exciting that math can be applied to study individual and social issues through the lens of economics. Emil’s top tips 1.

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

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It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.” Pathway from school to bushfire risk analysis • At school and post-16, take maths alongside other science subjects like biology and chemistry.

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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I would never have discovered anthropology if I hadn’t done that.” • Many universities offer degrees in anthropology, but other social science degrees could lead to a career in the field. As the data manager, I work closely with all the project data as they journey from the study participants to the data analysis team.

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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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From miniscule sub-atomic particles to gargantuan black holes, the world of science deals with a dramatic range of sizes. Research computing is a sub-discipline of computer science. This software is needed to collect and analyse the data from images, as well as to create simulations and compare their results. billion lightyears.

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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In light of the social inequalities highlighted by COVID-19, this knowledge has never been more important. The social sciences have a very important role to play in uncovering the causes and consequences of pandemics, past and present, and preparing us for pandemics of the future. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Biological Anthropology.

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