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Ben Williamson

Lecturer in education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling

Ben Williamson is a lecturer in education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland. His research focuses on the connections between educational policy, scientific knowledge, and digital technologies. He is the author of Big Data in Education: The digital future of learning, policy and practice (Sage, 2017).

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