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Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...type of work be something like an oral history archive or a sonic documentary? Lucia: It’s funny because I’ve never really thought of myself as an artist, but why not? What I’ve done so far is more journalistic, but this audioscaping work is more artistic and abstract. I am interested in people and what they have to say. Everyone hassomething interesting to say and...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...type and quality of data that is inputted into the AI system. Although AI has the potential to make more accurate decisions based on data and minimisation of human error, technical feedback from AI may be confusing or difficult to interpret by some coaches, leading potentially to mistrust, misuse or confusion (FasterCapital, 2025). Ongoing debates therefore question how...
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...types of fire are deeply implicated in today’s major environmental issues. However, focusing on wildfires, this course will explore how they are caused by complex and indivisible environmental and social interactions and require equally complex responses. Activity 1 Timing: 10 minutes Think of some of the ways humans have used fire to manage the environments in which...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...types of slavery: slavery in the twenty-first century and historical examples of slavery, such as the transatlantic slave trade. It describes various forms of slavery that have become prominent in contemporary times, such as THB. This highlights the changing and varied forms of slavery. Before considering the modern forms of slavery, it is useful to learn about and...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...types of behaviour. However, in this course we choose not to do this. This is because the research base that would answer such a call is also very limited, rarely tested in meaningful school contexts, and very hard to carry out with fidelity (Rix, 2023). This reminds us that the calls for ‘evidence-informed policy’ are understandable but not sufficient. The focus...
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...type, so these molecules can’t absorb infra-red radiation. Molecules of carbon dioxide and water both contain more than two atoms (and also two types of atom) – so these molecules can absorb infra-red radiation through changes in the way they vibrate. Both of these greenhouse gases are products of combustion of fossil fuels such as oil and gas. There are smaller...
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...phrase ‘on average’: in any one year or decade, returns could be much higher or lower than expected and certainly might differ substantially from the long-run average market premium achieved in the 20th century. Stop and reflect Can an equity risk premium be negative? For the decade from 2000 to 2009 inclusive, including the credit crunch [2008–9 global financial...
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...de Hooch very clearly demonstrate a belief in cleanliness being next to godliness because you've seen there's a picture in one painting - a woman sweeping the floor while another's feeding the baby and the shadow of a cross is silhouetted on the wonderful clean floor. But tell me about this association which is going here between cleanliness and godliness. Adam Kuper:...