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Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”

Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Bacon, L., & Mackinnon, L. (2019)
Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(3), 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1489219
A recent UK Government commissioned study found concerning levels of unemployment among computing students from disadvantaged, black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The study...

POWKist: visualising cultural heritage linked datasets.

Conference Proceeding
Kay, A., Webster, G., Beel, D. E. & Nguyen, H. H. (2015)
POWKist: visualising cultural heritage linked datasets
A collaboration between dot.rural at the University of Aberdeen and the iSchool at Northumbria University, POWkist is a pilot-study exploring potential usages of currently ava...

Pundit for post-industrial times? Walter Lippmann as an information society theorist.

Journal Article
Duff, A. (2013)
Pundit for post-industrial times? Walter Lippmann as an information society theorist. Information, Communication and Society, 16, 967-988. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.755209
Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) was perhaps the most prominent pundit of the late-industrial era. His place in the annals of journalism is secure, but his legacy should not stop t...

The Holy Grail of a viable press.

Journal Article
Duff, A. (2010)
The Holy Grail of a viable press. The Journal. 33
Opinion article analysing problems facing mass media in information age.

Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, C. F. & Webster, W. (2006)
Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues