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Explore how data shapes our world in this hands-on introduction to data science. Learn how AI is transforming society, from neural networks to health discovery. No coding or maths required. Ideal for professionals, lifelong learners, and enthusiasts.
Biodiversity loss is evident no matter where we live. To reverse the current decline, we need to understand how individual species interact with their environment, while also appreciating the practical strategies to monitor and conserve species.
This lecture will concentrate upon the lasting legacies of the 1920s, in cultural terms.
This lecture series will explore the art and architecture of the 1920s: the ‘Jazz Age’, which witnessed the earliest flowerings of Modernism. The ‘old’ was swept abruptly aside in favour of the ‘new’ - and the foundations were laid for the world of today.
This lecture will explore Wuthering Heights, examining Heathcliff’s origins and moral ambiguity, the novel’s complex structure and doublings, its ambiguous ending, and the enduring legacy of the Brontës nearly 180 years on.
This lecture will explore The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, examining Anne Brontë’s experimental narrative structure, its portrayal of abuse and female independence, Gilbert as hero, and the novel’s possible response to Wuthering Heights.
This lecture will explore Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey, examining its place among Victorian governess novels, its portrayal of women’s economic vulnerability, and the distinctive style that has led critics to reassess Anne Brontë’s literary reputation.
This lecture will examine Shirley, exploring its contrasting heroines and heroes, Brontë’s treatment of gender roles, and the novel’s claim to be an early industrial novel.
This lecture will explore Villette, examining Lucy Snowe’s unusual character, Brontë’s use of defamiliarization and withholding, the spectral nun, and the novel’s ambiguous and unexpected ending.
This lecture will introduce the Brontë sisters and Jane Eyre, exploring its style, themes, key passages, and debates around Rochester, narration, the supernatural, and the novel’s controversial dedication to Thackeray.
Are Kant’s ethics a powerful assertion of the values of humanity and autonomy or a rigid and crypto-theological slave morality? This short online course will examine these questions by means of a close reading of Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals.
Can terrorists damage property or harm people, exclusively using cyber? Find out in this lecture.
