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What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...free role as AI was in control of the shuttle. Also, if AI is embedded in so-called ‘city brains’ which manage key aspects of cities such as traffic flows, AI might make decisions humans don’t agree with but are powerless to change. Whether these automated technologies and indeed, technologies in general, are inherently good or bad is difficult to determine. A...
Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...free legal advice in our virtual law clinic. The Open Justice Centre has developed a range of projects that help people who need support and pro bono legal advice – to find out more read our Annual Report, visit our website and follow us on Twitter. A collaboration between the Faculty of Business and Law’s Open Justice and the Centre for Policing Research and Learning...
Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...Clare, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Lévi-Strauss, C. (1966) The Savage Mind, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Stocking, Jr., G. W. (1987) Victorian Anthropology, New York: The Free Press. Tylor, E. B. (1903) Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom Vols. I and II, 4th edn, London: John Murray....
5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...free! Try building gratitude into your daily routine, like after work or before bed. You can even start right now! Pause for a moment and think of three things you’re grateful for. It could be a person, a task you’ve completed, a small pleasure, or anything that gave you a sense of achievement. What am I grateful for? Well right now I’m grateful that you have read...
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...course of twentieth-century history in the process. The Second World War was a radio war; and deciphering the enemy’s encrypted radio messages was a key goal for the Allies. The British high command recruited thousands of people to join the team here at Bletchley Park. They also set up secret institutions to get the resulting intelligence to commanders. The whole system...
Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...course it’s very easy to locate a very small organisation, but when one thinks of Shell or the mafia it’s very hard to give them a location as it would be just to point to the lamppost. And that brings up another point. You can’t generally smell them or feel them; they don’t seem to be observable in the way that a table or a lamppost is. You can see individual...
How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...courses and qualifications Earth is a vibrant blue planet, the only place that we can be sure that life exists. As A Perfect Planet shows, a complex and interconnected set of systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the Earth’s atmosphere make it...
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...three components. This was seen as a result of the reflective approach adopted; defining the rationale behind each activity, developing clarity around what works and what doesn’t, and ensuring that these are appropriate to age and skills of individual mentors. Ever thought of volunteering? Try our badged open course Find out more about working with young people here...