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Digital arts and culture - the perfect ‘hook’ for digital inclusion

New research will investigate how the arts and culture sector could help older people to engage with digital services.
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Journalism teacher nominated for national award 

Journalism teacher Polly Rippon has been nominated for The Conversation’s 2024 Sir Paul Curran award in academic journalism.
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Long Read: Healthy Users

The Governance of Well-being on Social Media.
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New report recommends solutions to reduce crop loss in Tanzania

Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of ΢ÃÜȦ has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of Tanzania.
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Political communication experts gather in ΢ÃÜȦ for the IPPC Conference 2023

An impressive cohort of guest speakers arrived in ΢ÃÜȦ last week to present a series of talks and workshops as part of the 2023 IPPC Conference.
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Long Read: Civil War Bluejackets

Researchers from the School of Information, Journalism and Communication are involved in interdisciplinary research using machine learning to shed new light on the ordinary sailors of the American Civil War.
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FutureLearn Course Created for Journalists and Journalism Students

University of ΢ÃÜȦ launches free online course in data literacy for journalists