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Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...thinking for a moment, ‘Why am I doing this?’ But on the other hand, I thought it’s a great opportunity, and I think it’s kind of cool to modify your own body – and yes, of course it hurts, but this is a small price for what I get.” [Sketch of a cyborg] A sketch of the future? Joker cyborg by portismedia Michael, who studies electrotechnics in Cologne, looks...
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How did Donald Trump get elected and who does he represent?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Donald Trump get elected and who does he represent?

...does his shock victory signal for democratic political systems? In this audio Tendayi Bloom asks Richard Heffernan and Agnes Czajka to reflect on how Trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election, how the US electoral system operates and the questions it raises for representative democratic systems more widely. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio...
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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...think...This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how to prepare for this digital life. It raises awareness of the importance of data security and online safety. It also provides an explanation of the internal structure and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...think it’s made us improve our own control systems and made us focus much more on operational risk than perhaps we had previously. When you think that the Allfirst debacle, for example, was really about loss of controls, about a single person who managed to run up large positions which seemed to be undetected for some time. But within the bank, what it’s really meant...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...think about Game Theory? Varoufakis: I shall have to disappoint you Roy {Editor’s note: Roy Bailey taught Varoufakis at Essex and advised on his PhD}. As I wrote in a New York Times op-ed, Game Theory was never relevant. It applies to interactions where motives are exogenous and the point is to work out the optimal bluffing strategies and credible threats, given...
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What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...thinks the first indications think they had was in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1916, in the great camp at Etaples. “They were worried, they’d always been worried about infection in the First World War because in every previous war more soldiers had died of infection than had died of bullets or shell wounds. But the First World War they seemed to have got away with...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...systemic failure? This article explores perspectives on organisational culture and individual action...The recent events of the killing of George Floyd by police in the US, Black Lives Matter protests across the US and the UK in 2020, and racial disproportionality in Stop and Searches by police in London, have re-ignited issues of racism and policing in the public sphere...
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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...System (GPS) satellites, and navigation through Google Maps to direct users from point to point in the city using turn by turn navigation. A number of other companies have developed software in this area which operates similar to the turn by turn driving directions that GPS offers car users. Transcript Dr Oliver Zanetti recorded at The Open University for BBC Radio 4's...
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