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Understanding data about society
I have often written about the problems in interpreting and making sense of data. I very much like an article 'What drives anti-migrant attitudes' by ... -
Transferable skills and the future of work
There continues to be a flurry of newspaper articles and studies of teh effect of automation and Artificial Intelligence on employment and jobs. There are ... -
Automation and the future of work: the Chatbot
According to the Office for National Statistics, around 1.5 million jobs in England are at high risk of some of their duties and tasks being ... -
Understanding Labour Market data
The increasing power of processors and the advent of Open Data provides us information in many areas of society including about the Labour Market. Labour ... -
Empower to Shape Change: Learning and Identities in the Changing World of Work
As regular readers of this blog will know, Pontydysgu were members of a consortium in a project called EmployID, funded by the European Commission. The ... -
Why you should read Sylvia Plath
It is EU funding deadlines week so little time to think, let alone write fuding bids. But I paused long enough to watch this excellent ... -
AI and vocational education and training
I have been working on writing a proposal on Artificial Intelligence and teh training of teachers and trainers in Vocational Education and Training. So I've ... -
Exploring my Personal Learning Environment
It has been a bit busy lately. I seem to be writing one report after another. Anyway I got asked ages ago if a I ... -
Teachers tense and dissatisfied
The UK National Foundation for Educational (NFER) research have published the first of what they say will be an annual report on the state of ... -
Noam Chomsky on Language Aquisition
Love this short video produced by the BBC and the UK Open University. If only all learning materials could be as good as this! How ...
