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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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Article 5 mins
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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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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Article 10 mins
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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Article 5 mins
An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice
Science, Maths & Technology

An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice

...world that moves fast, every week brings a new technological development: smarter AI, more immersive virtual worlds, more devices quietly collecting data in the background. With all this progress comes a wave of tricky questions. What are the risks of this fast-paced approach to design? Who’s making decisions about the products and services we use on a daily basis? How...
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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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Article 15 mins
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
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...world in which many politicians and others in positions of power no longer even pretend that ‘ordinary rules’ apply to them, many would claim that the messages of Nineteen Eighty-Four have acquired a new contemporary relevance. Is it any coincidence that Nineteen Eighty-Four went to the top of the Amazon bestsellers list in the US in 2013 when the story of Ed Snowden...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs