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Happy to share that our latest article is the cover story cover in the Mar/ Apr edition of @interactionsMag 👀Civic Probes - A Method That Embeds Questions of Civic Infrastructure and Participation #civictech #HCI dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…

The Prime Minister has the power to appoint anyone as a Minister, first making them a peer if need be. Some have used that power to appoint friends, cronies, donors, even relatives. Starmer has used it to appoint people who are experts in their field @10DowningStreet

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

remember to feed the vote goat because if you dont he will die and it will all be your fault xox

Reform UK bot uses pictures of dead pensioners to say they are voting for Nigel Farage. Then deactivates when he gets caught.

Unbelievable Tory Rwanda scheme has been going 2yrs & they’ve sent 2 volunteers. Volunteers get 5yrs free board/lodging + £3,000 grant & Rwanda gets £300m So UK taxpayer paid £150m per person sent!! Total con. Shd put money into border security instead thesun.co.uk/news/28559999/…

Summer Vibes

#PhD Studentship opp @OpenLab_NCL, @UniofNewcastle w @Coram #SCARF ‘Exploring Media Design for Young People’s Wellbeing through an Internet of Sensations’ @abigail_durrant @nicktaylor3 @jan_forshaw: bit.ly/3weDug2 | oplb.uk/ukri-cle-phd #TangibleMedia #SomaDesign #RtD

🏫🧒The @educationgovuk published our report ‘Developing a method for obtaining pupil insight for building in use reviews’. Students were asked to give their opinions on various spaces at school through different technological methods from voting on a physical poster to scanning QR codes and being asked to answer questions about the location. Read the report here ➡️ lnkd.in/eSPyKDwM

Our March/April issue is out. Focusing on infrastructures for interactions, this issue centers people, digital technologies, and engaged communities from the perspective of civic infrastructures. Find it here: tinyurl.com/4vv7effa #civicprobes #civicinfrastructures

Join our UKRI CDT in Citizen-Centred Artificial Intelligence. We want to recruit PhD researchers from diverse backgrounds and skill sets beyond computer science. Register for a Pre-Application Workshop to assist with your application, here: orlo.uk/spUMb

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Applications are now open for Northumbria University’s ‘UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Citizen-Centred AI’, for our first cohort of fully funded four-year PhD studentships, enrolling in September 2024. Apply now and discover more here: orlo.uk/v2znv