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No Man's Sky: genesis, memesis and skepsis

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 17 February 2017
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Can art be created by computers? Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores the creative potential of algorithms.
Mining for maths

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Key information from the Green Paper for STEM educators

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 26 January 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith summarises the key issues from the recent government Green Paper for those working in STEM education
Policy and big ideas

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Who watches the watchmen?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 16 January 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith makes some observations on the topic of subject-specific observations
Considering the research

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Ten things you might not know about the PISA tests

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 14 December 2016
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith climbs ten steps up the leaning tower of PISA tests
Considering the research

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Mathemethics: the desirable and dangerous 007 side to numbers

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 25 November 2016
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores the ways mathematics is shaken (not stirred) by heroes and villains
Policy and big ideas

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Roll model: how can we predict the new President?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 08 November 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith pauses for a breath of fresh mathematical air before the US election results
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How to Ada woman in STEM: lessons from Lovelace

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 28 October 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith reports on the IET's Ada Lovelace Day celebration.
Events and take-aways

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Pots, seeding and game theory in football

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 30 September 2016
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith kicks around some ideas about mathematical models in football.
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Down on their luck

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 August 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith goes beyond the cube in a quest to demonstrate some of the more unusual sides to dice.
Mining for maths

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The sixth sense: a sense of six?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 July 2016
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith asks whether number sense is innate - can babies do maths?
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