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Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.
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In After Virtue, MacIntyre distinguishes between the internal and external goods of a practice. Internal goods are intrinsic to a specific practice: they can only be achieved by participating in it according to its standards (for example, the development of strategic imagination in chess). External goods, by contrast, are contingently attached to practices and include […]
In this extra post, Cynthia Naydani, Professor Susan Jarvis, Dr Jill MacKay, and Dr Sarah M Brown, from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, draw a comparison between the discipline of Animal Welfare Science and the notion of ‘wicked problems’. They highlight two, innovative and long-standing MSc programmes as integral learning opportunities for the […]
Many of you will be aware that a severe security issue in the Linux kernel was recently announced. This has been dubbed as “Copy Fail” and a proof-of-concept Python script has been provided so that people may easily check if their systems are affected. We would like to reassure everyone, mitigations were put in place […]
It’s been a whole year since we launched the new and refreshed Effective Digital Content online course. To celebrate the one-year anniversary I thought I would reflect on how the year has gone, share a bit more about what we’ve learnt along the way, and what is coming next. If you are keen to read […]
