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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful...This free course examines the complexities of, and barriers to, setting new criminological research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful....Crimes of the powerful: Introduction - This free course...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...researchers in the World, the project turned out to be a failure. According to legend, one high-profile demonstration translated the English phrase: "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” into Russian and then back into English to produce: "the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten”. One of highest profile failures of this first wave of AI lay the perceptron....
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Article 5 mins
Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because...
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Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...Centre. But if confronted with the binary choices, I prefer Wright over Centre and Centre over Lefte. Or, when choosing an exhibition match opponent for my snooker playing cousin, I may prefer Joe Perry (a middle-ranking professional) over the unknown Harry Cueless (because beating Perry is possible on a bad day and would be much more impressive), and Harry Cueless over...
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Article 10 mins
What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?

...Children Act received Royal Assent. The Children Act aimed to offer greater protection to children. The main principles of the Act are to make children's welfare a priority; to guarantee the principle that children are best brought up within their families wherever possible; to ensure that local authorities can provide services for children and ......
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Article 5 mins
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...researchers concluded that if these people wanted to work together in ways that achieved the intended goals of legislation, they needed to have the space to develop common ground and to explore what they could achieve together. Many people speak of schooling as if it has some universally understood and agreed values. It is situated, for example, in numerous international...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...researched by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, wellbeing is about ‘how we are doing’ as individuals and communities. If considering wellbeing prompts a consideration of how someone is doing, this matters even if they have a terminal diagnosis or are dying. That is because the end of life is often a period of time which can extend from days to even over a year for...
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Article 5 mins
Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...children, and strong families in the remote areas of the Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa (KPK) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of North West Pakistan Kor (www.khwendokor.org.pk). The UK Friends of Khwendo Kor Kor (www.frok.org.uk) was established in 2002 to help Khwendo Kor's fundraising efforts. Its aim is to raise sufficient money to give Khwendo Kor long-term...
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Video 58 mins