2,052 search results
Careers in Esports
Science, Maths & Technology

Careers in Esports

...Research, the global esports market was valued at USD 6.61 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach approximately USD 48.09 billion by 2034. Audience growth continues to accelerate, with the global esports viewing population expected to reach 641 million in 2025 (SQ Magazine). This makes esports a vibrant, creative and quickly expanding industry for anyone considering a...
View video Careers in Esports
Video 15 mins
The dot.com bubble
Society, Politics & Law

The dot.com bubble

...research, traditional valuing techniques went out the window. The dot.com crash Once the dot.com market started to crack, investors soon realised that these internet companies weren't really worth anything at all, but was this enough for them sell up before the bubble burst? Dot.com and the public damage When a bubbles bursts the immediate effect is damage to the public....
View audio The dot.com bubble
Audio 39 mins
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...research findings in this controversial area. Is technology beneficial or detrimental to child development? Does screen time lead to increased distractibility, obesity and loneliness? Or does it offer opportunities for autonomy and experimentation beyond anything imagined when I was growing up? As the generation gap widens between adults and children’s understanding of...
View course Childhood in the digital age
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...research hasn’t advanced very far. The overwhelming focus in the field now is on dogs – and the African rats. When someone with TB coughs, he or she exhales compounds produced by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If the TB is advanced enough, the smell of these compounds can even be detected by people. In 2002, when research to investigate the...
View article Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Article 5 mins
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...research on Red Clydeside as evidence of its continuing interest for historians. Section j. Biography also provides only a sample of the biographical material which exists but selects examples which have broader comments to offer on Red Clydeside. The final two sections (k. Red Clydeside in music and art; l. Short video footage via Facebook) reflect on the legacy of Red...
View article Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Article 30 mins
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...research has shown that juries can be subject to biases that can impact the decision-making process when rendering a verdict (Willmott, 2019). These biases can include pre-trial publicity bias (Ruva & Coy, 2020), racial bias (Curley et al, 2022b), rape myth bias (Dinos et al, 2014), and social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which can lead to a lack of...
View article Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Article 5 mins
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...researcher Many of you reading this may resonate with some, or all, of what Hazel has discussed in this article. You may be surrounded by the most loving and supportive people but there will still be times when you experience many emotions of grief including those mentioned such as despair, sadness, loneliness and anger and which can last for a long time. These are all...
View article Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Article 5 mins
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...research-only staff. Workloads are also extremely high, with reports of academic staff working on average two days unpaid per week. The pay gap between Black and white staff stands at 17%, and the disability pay gap is 9%. The mean gender pay gap is 16% and at the current rate of change it will not be closed for another 22 years. (More information on the dispute is...
View article Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Article 5 mins