Hello again, I hope everyone has mostly recovered from a busy week. I have been trying to wrap my head around the idea for a project and think about how it ties into the intensive work this week.  Reflecting on the start of the week, it was just as it was described – intense.  I […]

You’ve all met me, by now, but welcome to my blog series as part of my part-time PG journey in Data, Inequality and Society!   Why I’m here My job involves installing energy monitors into vulnerable peoples’ homes on the Orkney islands. This remote archipelago, where I grew up and live, has the highest rate […]

  Last week, I ran across this thread on Twitter.   I wanna zoom in on one word in one sentence. “There is a *need* to develop a system that establishes a link between spoken and sign languages.” This entire abstract and paper are obviously wrong and deeply problematic, but let’s talk about “need” for […]

When I read about inequality, I think about real life situations I have encountered in the world whether it’s been me personally, my family, my circle of friends, colleagues, civic figures, politicians and maybe even celebrities.  As I undertook the self-assessment of my skills and goals for the KIPP discussions, while also reflecting on everything […]

“What is this thing?” Good morning/afternoon/evening from Changzhou, China. This week—my first at the University of Edinburgh—has been an exciting one filled with figuring out where everything is (virtually since I’m commuting from across the planet). I began this week thinking I had a whole year before I really needed to start honing in on […]