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Nine further Institutes of Technology announced in skills push According to a government statement, more than 100 short courses will be offered at institutions in England from September 2022. The courses, which will last between six weeks and one year, are intended as an alternative to a conventional three- or four-year degree for people looking […]

Social impacts of Covid-19 negatively affecting nation’s psyche According to a survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 39 per cent of adults do not expect life to be back to normal for at least 12 months. This is more than double the number (18 per cent) answering the same question in December 2020. […]

Christmas STEM Challenge: E&T carousel Put a magnet next to a piece of aluminium or copper and what do you get? Nothing! They’re not magnetic, right? Yup, that’s true. But this isn’t the whole story. Whoosh the magnet past the aluminium without touching it and you may see it twitch. More dramatically, try dropping a […]

South Park Commons, an “anti incubator” founded by early FB and Dropbox engineers, gains momentumWhen South Park Commons (SPC), a community of tens of engineers in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood, came together, it mostly flew under the radar, save for a New York Times profile in 2017, a year after it was formed. Founded […]

Nonprofits have the answers to improve social media: Big Tech has the resources to make it happen John Callery Contributor Share on Twitter John Callery is the senior vice president of technology at The Trevor Project. The debate around social media’s impact on mental health is hardly new, but the conversation has recaptured the world’s […]