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Road traffic signs mark a soft border
The Irish Border has appeared frequently in the news as a major obstacle to a withdrawal agreement between the UK and the remaining 27 EU member states. In this article, Ronnie Cohen looks at a ‘soft’ characteristic of the current … Continue reading
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport, Views from abroad
Tagged BBC, Brexit, British, division, EU, hard border, Ireland, Irish, kilometres, miles, soft border
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Use of the kilometre in the UK
As noted in a comment on our last article, the BBC’s acclaimed new series Blue Planet 2 uses metric measures for smaller distances and depths but miles for greater ones. Ronnie Cohen takes this opportunity to look at instances when … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged BBC, imperial measures, kilometre, measurement units, metric, mile
31 Comments
Autumn watched
UKMA has received a message from a viewer of BBC’s ‘Autumn Watch’. This article includes the message and the response. Likes(60)Dislikes(7)
Posted in Education, General, Media, Myths, Science
Tagged Autumn Watch, BBC, EU, imperial measures, measurement units, metric, units, USA
15 Comments
MOTD writes metric but speaks imperial
At last, the General Election campaign is over. And now, as we wait for the results, Ronnie Cohen looks at something completely different: Match of the Day. Or is it? Likes(38)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Media, Sport
Tagged BBC, football, graphic, imperial, information, Match of the Day, metric, MOTD, Premier League, pundit, statistics, TV
8 Comments
Measurement units – a daily dilemma for the media
We take a look at a uniquely British problem faced by our media and in particular the BBC, namely which system of measurement units to use. Likes(1)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, Media
Tagged BBC, imperial measures, measurement units, media, metric
40 Comments
BBC told to stop undermining the National Measurement System
In its response to a recent BBC consultation the UK Metric Association (UKMA) has called on the BBC to live up to its declared mission and hence to support – and not to undermine – the exclusively metric National Measurement … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Media, Science
Tagged BBC, imperial measures, measurement units, metric, metrication, weights and measures
52 Comments
The link between measurement skills and numeracy
Poor numeracy is blighting Britain’s economic performance and ruining lives, says a new charity launched to champion better maths skills. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, Media
Tagged adults, BBC, children, imperial, maths, measurement, metric, metrication, numeracy, questions, reports, sample, school, skills, test
16 Comments
The BBC explains its position on measurement units
A reader of Metric Views has received an unusually comprehensive reply to a complaint about the units used in the the programme ‘Bang goes the theory’. We are posting the letter in full as we feel it may be of interest to … Continue reading
Posted in General, Media, Science
Tagged BBC, measurement units, metric, metrication policy
87 Comments