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Oxford Sparks: Key Stage 5 resources
A full set of resources which can be used to add research based contexts to lessons for 16-19 year olds.
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Incentives
In this activity students consider what incentives motivate people to modify their behaviour in the context of studying how people can be persuaded to change their electricity consumption.
They study a research...
FYI on FAI
Scientists at the University of Oxford are investigating the link between sporting activity in young people and the development of osteoarthritis. In very active people, bony lesions can form on the hip joint which increases their risk of developing the condition.
...Let me get this straight
Scientists at the University of Oxford often use mathematical modelling as a key part of their research. Modelling how information travels through social media sites is a part of understanding ways to analyse and potentially reduce the spread of misinformation.
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Machine learning is a process where machines or rather, computer code running on machines, is created that allows the code to develop its own methods to categorise information based on data that we feed into it. Scientists at the University of Oxford are working on...