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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...world, the UN has yet to appoint a woman for the top leadership position. [UNCTAD Secretary General Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference at Palais de Nations]UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Candidates for the position must be exceptional, possessing the appropriate skills and abilities, a reputation...
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Exploring Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring Europa

...world developed. We now have good reason to believe that Europa contains a vast ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface, and a central goal of two upcoming missions is to understand whether this ocean might harbour conditions suitable for life. [The launch of the JUICE spacecraft ]Figure 1 The launch of the JUICE spacecraft onboard an ESA Ariane 5 rocket from Guiana...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...World, the project turned out to be a failure. According to legend, one high-profile demonstration translated the English phrase: "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” into Russian and then back into English to produce: "the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten”. One of highest profile failures of this first wave of AI lay the perceptron. First unveiled in...
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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...World many people find themselves in, governed by technology, with recent statistics even reporting that children are spending as little as 16 minutes a day outside (Hurst, 2018). [Rock climbing at night] This quest for freedom can also be viewed in juxtaposition to the formal restrictions that we have seen imposed over the last 50 years with health and safety regulations...
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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...world alone, Thy form is here indeed – a lovely one – But thou art fled, gone down the dreary road, That leads to Sorrow’s most obscure abode For thine own sake I cannot follow thee Do thou return for mine. Thankfully their fourth child survived into adulthood: he was called Percy Florence – no prizes for guessing where he was born! Percy Shelley drowned in 1822,...
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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...World Cup, Netball World Cup and the Women’s Ashes. Women’s sport received more exposure and media coverage than ever before and it captured the hearts and minds of the nation, with record numbers of engagement throughout the year. Who can forget the nail biting match between the Lionesses and the USA in the FIFA World Cup Semi-Final? Watched by 11.7 million people,...
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Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...world. You will look into classrooms and hear from teachers, teacher educators and policy makers from a range of education settings and countries. You will also learn about United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the agenda for free, universal, quality education...This free course, Global perspectives on primary education, provides an introduction to comparative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...world, but it disproportionately affects children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases are the two largest causes of death among those under five years old. The aim of the course is to give you clear insights and memorable examples of: the importance of surveillance and mapping of infectious disease outbreaks in human...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs