Search results for dominant language

Social Sciences Apr 10, 2024

Fintech has a gender problem—here's why you should care

Fintech (financial technology) is everywhere. It's the catch-all term for technology-enabled financial services innovation.

Education Apr 3, 2024

China dominates new academic rankings based on open-access research

University leaders pay close attention to comparative rankings such as those offered by Times Higher Education, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy and others. Rankings influence student matriculation numbers, attract talented faculty ...

Social Sciences Mar 27, 2024

English dominates scientific research—here's how we can fix it, and why it matters

It is often remarked that Spanish should be more widely spoken or understood in the scientific community given its number of speakers around the world, a figure the Instituto Cervantes places at almost 600 million.

Social Sciences Mar 23, 2024

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don't speak English to get published, study finds

For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise.

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2024

Extracting intersectional stereotypes from English text

Mining huge datasets of English reveals stereotypes about gender, race, and class prevalent in English-speaking societies. Tessa Charlesworth and colleagues developed a stepwise procedure, Flexible Intersectional Stereotype ...

Economics & Business Mar 20, 2024

What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?

As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs—and with the cost of college too high for many students—employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good jobs without having ...

Social Sciences Mar 6, 2024

Film festivals are becoming more diverse in several ways, new study reports

A group of Tallinn University researchers has published an innovative study that sheds light on the intricate dynamics of the global film festival circuit, revealing insights into diversity and public value creation within ...

Social Sciences Feb 26, 2024

People in power found to avoid using sensitive language at work

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology finds that people in positions of power are three times less likely to use sensitive language in work-related emails than people junior to them.

Social Sciences Feb 21, 2024

Taiwan's Indigenous languages are under threat—what can NZ learn from their successes and failures?

There has been a global push to revitalize Indigenous languages since the late 1980s.

Social Sciences Feb 20, 2024

From bridge to chess, why men outperform women at 'mindsports'

Why do men strongly outperform women at "mindsports" such as chess and bridge? Mindsports mainly use the brain and require skills such as memory, critical thinking, problem solving, strategic planning, mental discipline and ...

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