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• Did you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru

  11-11-2024 18:00
  
  The answer to today’s Inca-nundrumEarlier today I set you a puzzle about a ‘khipu’, the Incan method of recording numbers with knots on string that features in Paddington in Peru. Here it is again with the answer.Incans used khipus to record dates, taxes and measurements, among other things. Knowledge of how khipus represented numbers was lost after the Spanish conquest, until a high school maths teacher in Brooklyn worked it out in 1912. Today’s puzzle asked you you to r
  
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• Guidance: Adult skills fund devolution

  11-11-2024 17:18 via gov.uk
  
  Operational guidance on the devolved adult skills fund (ASF).
  
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• Jamie Oliver pulls 'offensive' children's book from sale

  11-11-2024 15:40 via bbc.com
  
  The 400-page fantasy novel is accused of stereotyping Indigenous Australians.
  
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• Case study: Peter Symonds Sixth Form College

  11-11-2024 13:58 via gov.uk
  
  How Peter Symonds Sixth Form College built a new education block on the site of a disused block.
  
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• Case study: Dudley College of Technology

  11-11-2024 13:58 via gov.uk
  
  How Dudley College used the integrated project insurance approach to construct its Institute of Transformational Technologies Centre on time and under budget.
  
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• Case study: Bridgwater and Taunton College

  11-11-2024 13:58 via gov.uk
  
  How Bridgwater and Taunton College rebuilt an education building after a major fire.
  
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• UK universities are in crisis – and Labour has taken the first step towards saving them | Philip Augar

  11-11-2024 11:34
  
  The government is making welcome moves to overhaul a sector in financial turmoil, but institutions face tough choicesPhilip Augar chaired the May government’s review of post-18 education and fundingOne of Britain’s most globally successful industries is under financial pressure. More than a third of higher education institutions are running at a loss, a handful are at risk of government bailout and some have had to shed staff and courses. While Labour’s recent decision to allow
  
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• Can you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru

  11-11-2024 08:12
  
  Deciphering an ancient number systemUPDATE: Read the solution hereIn the film Paddington in Peru, which opened this weekend, the plot revolves around a string bracelet that is said to contain mystical secrets.The bracelet is supposed to be a ‘khipu’, which was the Incan way of recording numbers. Knots were made on string, and these pieces of string were attached together in a big bundle. The Incans used khipus to record dates, taxes and measurements, among other things. Continue read
  
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