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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...systems that we all rely on. After his lecture, Mike will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the topic in more depth. Event programme: 18:00-18:45 From Zero Day to Doomsday 18:45-19:30 Panel and Q&A 19:30-20:15 Drinks and canapes There will be time for questions and comments. We very much hope you will be able to attend what promises to be an inspiring event and...
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Earth and Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth and Life

...systems. Daisyworld: Gaia theory and the real world James Lovelock talks about Gaia theory and predictions that tested the theory. Tibet: the Raymo-Ruddiman Hypothesis John Kutzbach from the University of Wisconsin and Bill Ruddiman from the University of Virginia discuss modelling the effects that a high plateau has on climate using Tibet as an example. Tibet: Berner's...
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Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...thinking about the same subject have said in previous years. Professional knowledge is sometimes explicit but often people know more than they can articulate. They know with their hands and their bodies. It is usually expressed in action. It is communal, in as much as one person may contribute a particular part of a whole process. Researching, writing and thinking all...
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What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...think poems are very apt for, apt machines for, capturing in the same way as cameras are, you know, just this little moment which seems to have a resonance. And it seems to keep on resonating, so that I was actually sort of just jumping up and down in the waves with her, and I glanced sideways as a particularly big wave came over and she jumped up but she didn’t jump up...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...think is most influential for me personally in exploring, understanding climate change and the environment is actually Blue Peter. So when I was young, in the nineties, they were always doing things about global warming, the greenhouse effect, even things like light pollution, and as a child that was a window into the reality of that. I think people can try and cotton...
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Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?

...system Following his conviction at Chester Assizes in 1966, Brady was sentenced to life in imprisonment on May 6, 1966. As part of our research, we have examined TV and news reports of the trial as well as subsequent media coverage of the crimes. In this work, we found no evidence that Brady or Hindley’s mental health was an issue at the time of the trial itself. No...
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...system Many observers are convinced that one of the fundamental reasons Erdoğan called this snap election in the first place was to restore the AKP as the single ruling party, which will enable him to change the regime to a presidential system and strengthen his position. Turkey has been through turbulent times in between the two elections. According to official records,...
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Article 10 mins
Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...systems which are critical for human survival. It has become increasingly apparent that actions to mitigate environmental change have powerful co-benefits for health.” The author of the paper on heat stress, Tord Kjellstrom, director of the New Zealand-based Health and Environment International Trust, says: “Current climate conditions in tropical and subtropical parts...
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