by Talking Humanities | Feb 22, 2017 | Digital, The Social Scholar
The School of Advanced Study’s ‘social scholar’ lunchtime seminar returns on 8 March with what promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable talk by Professor Kiera Vaclavik (Queen Mary, University of London) about how academics can successfully turn their research into...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 9, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
It used to be known as HRI Digital, now it is called The Digital Humanities Institute. Michael Pidd, who leads the team at the University of Sheffield’s digital humanities centre, explains why. On 17 January 2016, HRI Digital changed its name to The Digital...
by aseifert | Apr 17, 2015 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Data can be described as quantitative if it can be measured or identified on a numerical scale. Examples include length, height, area, volume, weight, speed, age, distance, cost and so on. However, not all data using numbers is quantitative: Datasets are often...
by aseifert | Jul 24, 2014 | Digital, Politics & Law, Publications
It is hard to define what a typical day in the life of magazine, newspaper or journal editor is like. Here, after a year with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Student Law Review, Ronan Cormacain gives his views. My name is Ronan Cormacain and I am the Editor...
by aseifert | Jun 10, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Public Engagement
By Nicholas Stern We live in a time when the world faces problems of trust in institutions and a weakening of confidence in existing ideas and models. The geo-political landscape is shifting fundamentally. Politicians in many countries, including the UK, are failing...