Remove Mathematics Remove Research Remove Social Sciences Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educators Technology

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. As researchers, our research stands on the shoulders of other researchers.

Research 257
article thumbnail

SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

Futurum

SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts Published: Social sciences, humanities and the arts are vital for addressing complex challenges, but do young people truly understand their value? What is SHAPE? SHAPE subjects are, in fact, just as vital to society as STEM.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Is Economics STEM – Why Colleges Want Economics to Be a STEM Major

STEM Education Guide

Recently, five of the eight Ivy League universities have reclassified their economics degrees from social science to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). It’s a curriculum that revolves around the idea of educating students in four particular disciplines; mathematics , technology, science, and engineering.

article thumbnail

Cyber security for the AI age

Futurum

This means that the field of cyber security is rapidly growing and hungry for new talent that can understand the evolving threat landscape and respond accordingly by embracing new technologies, says Dr Burcu Bulgurcu at Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada.

article thumbnail

Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. Published: At first glance, a student’s exam scores might seem like an uncomplicated way to measure academic ability.

Economics 111
article thumbnail

I, chatbot: How ‘human’ should chatbots be?

Futurum

Published: Love them or hate them, chatbots are having an increasing role in the technological space, now that artificial intelligence has developed to a stage where they can be genuinely useful in fields such as healthcare, defence and finance. I, chatbot: How ‘human’ should chatbots be? TALK LIKE A COMPUTER SCIENTIST.

article thumbnail

Online battles: combatting false information and reducing online risks

Futurum

Deep learning — technology able to automatically learn from a large set of digital media and apply what has been learnt to manipulate or create sophisticated media. While some are easy to spot, the advent of more advanced fake-making technologies, such as those behind ‘deepfakes’, is making it harder to tell fact from fiction.