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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...study of technology that doesn’t exist yet, and artificial general intelligence is a machine that will be as intelligent or more intelligent than a human being and can do the full range of tasks a human could do. So, to give some examples from the movies. The most famous are the Terminators, which are bad! Then there’s also the very famous killer computer from 2001,...
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the various ways in which fairness and justice can be perceived understand the concept of restorative justice appreciate various forms of alternative dispute resolution reflect on the value of mediation to resolve community disputes...Justice, fairness and mediation: 1 What’s fair for me may not seem fair to you...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...study the way in which Ovid’s Icarus myth has been reworked and transformed by later poets and painters...This free course, Icarus: entering the world of myth, will introduce you to one of the best-known myths from classical antiquity and its various re-tellings in later periods. You will begin by examining how the Icarus story connects with a number of other ancient...
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...studying this course...What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course....Goya: Introduction - What influenced...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...studies cited at the summit by the Global Phosphorus Research Initiative. Known reserves could be depleted in 50 to 100 years. Phosphorus accessibility is already an issue in many parts of the world where commercial fertilisers are too expensive for wide-scale use. Low crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa — where they are a quarter of the global average — are largely...
‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...challenge, however, is the need by experts and officials to recognise citizen sensing as a valuable and valid way to investigate environmental change and to engage in more open forms of knowledge-making. Kim Kullman is a Lecturer in Geography and works as a Block Lead on the new module ‘Environment and Society’ (DD213), which will be available for study in 2018....
Section 1: Introducing ‘Red Clydeside’
Society, Politics & Law

Section 1: Introducing ‘Red Clydeside’

...studies, novels, poetry, plays and film output. There are in addition countless online resources that explore the events and consider why it was such a volatile period, and why this came to characterise the Clydeside region, and in particular why was it centered on the city of Glasgow. This collection, written in mid-2019, takes the events in George Square, January 1919,...
Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity
Education & Development

Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity

...study-groups for children’s learning—an equitable EdTech response? shows how local community leaders in Zimbabwe have used WhatsApp to recruit and support local Community _Learning Champions _who cocreate and share learning activities with children and caregivers on a daily basis. The team report that this approach is being trialed in 4 of the 9 project districts,...