Dr Paul Reilly was cited in Nick Pickles post 'Amplifying voices of respect and tolerance across Northern Ireland' on 26 January 2016. Nick Pickles referred to a report by Dr Reilly and Orna Young which was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council. Their findings were that “social media provided a ‘safe space’ or distance for individuals and groups to express their views on what may be viewed as emotive issues.” Paul and Orna also highlight the importance of creating opportunities to hear alternative viewpoints and positions that may not be available ‘offline’.
A project to create a raspberry pi weather station is currently live in the Information School. The Sheffield Pi weather station has been created by Romilly Close, undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Sheffield. The project was funded by the Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) scheme and is being supervised by Dr Jo Bates, Paula Goodale and Fred Sonnenwald from the Information School. Information about the Sheffield Pi station and how to create your own can be found on the project website . You can also see live data from the Sheffield Pi station on Plot.ly , and further information can also be found on the Met Office Weather Observations Website . This work compliments the School’s existing project entitled ‘The Secret Life of a Weather Datum’ which explores socio-cultural influences on weather data. This project is funded under the AHRC’s Digital Transformations Big Data call. It aims to pilot a new approach to im
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