Andrew
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Born at 323 ppm
Born at 323 ppm
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Hannah Quirk is Reader in Law at King's College London.
She has written extensively on miscarriages of justice, given evidence to Parliament on juryless trials & explored the lessons of the "Diplock Courts" in N Ireland.
She makes the case for jury trial here: www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjusti...
She has written extensively on miscarriages of justice, given evidence to Parliament on juryless trials & explored the lessons of the "Diplock Courts" in N Ireland.
She makes the case for jury trial here: www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjusti...
Why you should care about the right to trial by jury
Trial by jury is one of the few aspects of the UK criminal justice system that treats people of colour fairly. It is now under threat.
www.opendemocracy.net
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Hannah Quirk is Reader in Law at King's College London.
She has written extensively on miscarriages of justice, given evidence to Parliament on juryless trials & explored the lessons of the "Diplock Courts" in N Ireland.
She makes the case for jury trial here: www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjusti...
She has written extensively on miscarriages of justice, given evidence to Parliament on juryless trials & explored the lessons of the "Diplock Courts" in N Ireland.
She makes the case for jury trial here: www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjusti...
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Power and control over and alongside AI (and any tech) come not necessarily from individual skills to use 'tech as tool', but from critical understanding of tech power - and from being able to make collective decisions about where and how tech is introduced. (4/4)
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Power and control over and alongside AI (and any tech) come not necessarily from individual skills to use 'tech as tool', but from critical understanding of tech power - and from being able to make collective decisions about where and how tech is introduced. (4/4)
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The government response (connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/09... ) promised a meeting with officials to explore greater public co-creation of AI Skills initiatives... but, despite chasing, that was never forthcoming. Instead, it's tech firms who seem to be shaping the training.
Response to Open Letter on Prioritising AI Literacy for All Citizens
In July we coordinated an open letter to Keir Starmer PM, Peter Kyle MP (the then Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology) and Bridget Phillipson MP (then Secretary of State for…
connectedbydata.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The government response (connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/09... ) promised a meeting with officials to explore greater public co-creation of AI Skills initiatives... but, despite chasing, that was never forthcoming. Instead, it's tech firms who seem to be shaping the training.
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It's quite worrying the SoS is equating learning how to prompt in 20 mins or under with diagnostic uses of AI in healthcare. I also still can't really believe govt is investing in universal training in proprietary tools. That Microsoft koolaid must be pretty intoxicating
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
It's quite worrying the SoS is equating learning how to prompt in 20 mins or under with diagnostic uses of AI in healthcare. I also still can't really believe govt is investing in universal training in proprietary tools. That Microsoft koolaid must be pretty intoxicating