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Careers in Esports
Science, Maths & Technology

Careers in Esports

...University's paid-for CPD course: EStars CPD Programme In Esports. What is your current job and who do you work for? Transcript. What did you study and how did you progress into your role? Transcript. I really enjoy that students can learn about something they're genuinely interested in and love helping people understand that Esports is so much more than just gaming. What...
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Video 15 mins
The dot.com bubble
Society, Politics & Law

The dot.com bubble

...University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world... The dot.com bubble A short introduction to this album What are economic bubbles? Bubbles are when a products value continues to rise beyond its true value. But what happens when the bubble inevitably bursts? Types of economic bubbles Intrinsic bubbles, informational bubbles, classic bubbles and fads are...
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Audio 39 mins
The banking crisis: cause and effect
Money & Business

The banking crisis: cause and effect

...University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world... The banking crisis: cause and effect A short introduction to this album. The collapse Banks were once the corner stone of modern British society, but by September 2005 banks stopped lending to each other overnight. What happened? What caused this credit crisis? Casino Banking As banks were pressured to...
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Audio 42 mins
The pensions timebomb
Society, Politics & Law

The pensions timebomb

...University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world... The pension timebomb A short introduction to this album. The history of the pension Why has there been such sever shocks to the pension system that over the last three decades? Final salary pension schemes Nowadays many people are forced to work beyond retirement age, how did this occur and where did it...
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Audio 46 mins
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...Beginner’s Guide. London: Oneworld. An introductory work which discusses both the Odyssey and the Iliad. Emma Bridges (2023) Warriors’ Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press. A discussion of the representation of soldiers’ wives (including Penelope) in ancient myth, as compared with the experiences of modern-day military...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...University course E232 Exploring childhood and youth...Climate justice for the next generation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) recognise the links between children’s rights and climate justice understand the impacts of climate change on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...universe. We haven’t been able to register light from these events with any other instruments. But GW170817 – the catchy title for the event of August 17 — changes all that. That’s because the source of the waves this time was two “neutron stars” – incredibly dense stellar remnants the size of a city, each weighing more than the sun. These stars whizzed...
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Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs