In its sixth edition Difference Festival 2023 has grown even bigger offering a wide selection of thought-provoking events in a week-long programme that brings together our academic community with local business, NGOs, research collaborators, activities, and the general public. This…
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Author: Professor James Brown, Vice Chair and Secretary, ADHDadultUK Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short, is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the brain grows differently, lacking action from chemicals called neurotransmitters involved in pleasure and reward in the brain. ADHD…
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Author: ChatGPT Editors: Dr Brad Elliott and Nupur Jaisinghani After last week’s post on AI and cybersecurity, we were curious what else AI could do in the workplace. With recent news about chatbots getting better and better, we wondered what…
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Author: Dr Yang-Im Lee, Westminster Business School I’m a researcher into marketing and management, so my most research journal article (alongside college Dr Peter Trim at Birkbeck, University of London) on Combining sociocultural intelligence with artificial intelligence to increase organizational cyber security…
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Author: Professor Miriam Dwek, College Director – Research and KE, University of Westminster It was an incredible privilege to be able to reflect on my journey as a cancer researcher during my inaugural lecture yesterday evening. To be to be surrounded…
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Author: Johannes Novy, University of Westminster The debate around how to fix the global housing crisis usually hinges on whether more market or more state is required. Some people stress the need for additional housing stock and less regulatory red…
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Author: Dr Brad Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster According to the United Nations, the world’s population crossed the 8 billion people line on the 15th November, 2022; a lot has been written about this event, and…
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Ana Leite, Durham University; Damien Ridge, University of Westminster, and Nisreen Alwan, University of Southampton Imagine you’re young, healthy and active. Then, one day, the rug is pulled out from under you. You initially have symptoms akin to a cold,…
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Author: Dr Sumita Ketkar, Senior Lecturer, Westminster Business School The Gender Pay Gap reporting regulation that came into effect in 2017, mandates public and private sector organisations with 250 or more employees in the UK to publish their gender pay figures….
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Author: Dr Claire Robertson, Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences The Nuffield Trust recently explored reasons why, in the UK, we remain behind other countries when contrasting cancer outcomes and especially survival. Considering lower survival statistics, presumably we should be more motivated to avoid…
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