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      <title>The college AI assistant: why we are building it and how it works</title>
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      <description>An AI model on the college's knowledge base that answers students and teachers from the college's own sources.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>الذكاء الاصطناعي</category>
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      <title>How we designed the teacher-sites platform</title>
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      <description>A panel where teachers write and a fast site students read — and the principles behind the design.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>تجربة المستخدم</category>
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      <category>الويب</category>
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      <title>Passwordless entry through the digital card</title>
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      <description>One tap from the UCAS app to your site, with no password.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Platform</category>
      <category>الأمان</category>
      <category>Security</category>
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      <title>Five tips for an Arabic and English page</title>
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      <description>What we learned making every page flip between both directions.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Five habits for faster queries</title>
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      <description>Small SQL habits that save seconds on every page.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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