What the autumn statement means for women – three economists explain
Pension changes, industry investment and national insurance cuts announced in the autumn statement could all help women.
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‘AI needs to be disarmed’: Pope Leo sees threat to humanity in technological arms race
In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV has called for much closer regulation of AI technology, particularly in military settings.
Patient privacy will not be lost in a digital NHS
The government has announced an extra £1 billion is being channelled into efforts to make the NHS “paperless” by 2018. Central to this aim are plans to make patient health records digital. The goal is…
We need to fall back in love with learning languages
The drop in applications to European language programmes at UK universities will not have come as a great shock to anybody teaching languages. For at least the past 15 years, the number of students applying…
Why LGBTQ inclusivity still matters in higher education
How to make campus safer for LGBTQ students.
How to clean up space debris – using game theory
We need to find a way to break through the potentially disastrous stalemate wherever everyone waits for someone else to clear up the junk in orbit.
Clouds on horizon for the dawn of Burma’s fledgling democracy
Aung San Suu Kyi will rule Burma through her proxy president. They need to unite the country’s many ethnic groups.
MPs have missed the mark in attacking copyright reform
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee set out some fairly strong views last week about how its members think the UK should approach copyright reform. I have an interest to declare in…
AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day
We’ve only just scratched the surface of what AI can achieve in science.
You wouldn’t want an unqualified doctor or lawyer … so why are untrained teachers ok?
In many ways it’s incredible that in 2014 there is still a debate about whether teachers should be qualified or not. Imagine deliberating similar issues about your lawyer, your doctor or your surgeon…
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