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The Tipping Point: Climate Change

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Earth Sciences
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Professor Gideon Henderson and Dr Ros Rickaby from the Department of Earth Sciences talk about some of the key issues surrounding climate change today.

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Earth Sciences
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Gideon Henderson
Ros Rickaby
Keywords
Environment
climate change
ecology
alumni
Department: Department of Earth Sciences
Date Added: 26/08/2009
Duration: 00:42:31

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Sleep in the Global 24/7 Society

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Alumni Weekend
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Professor Foster gives a talk on some of the causes and consequences of sleep disruption and explores how our increasingly sleep deprived society is have unanticipated consequences for out physical and mental health.

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Alumni Weekend
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Russell Foster
Keywords
science
sleep
biology
alumni
society
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 24/08/2009
Duration: 01:03:15

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Centre for International Studies Podcasts

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Centre for International Studies Podcasts
The Centre for International Studies (CIS) serves as a focal point for advanced research in International Relations at the University of Oxford. It is located in the Department of Politics and International Relations.

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The International Student Experience at Oxford

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Alumni Weekend
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Dr Heather Bell talks about Oxford’s growing international student population and what Oxford does to support and encourage them. Medical student Xin-Hui Chan also talks about her experience of being an international student at Oxford.

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Alumni Weekend
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Heather Bell
Xin-Hui Chan
Keywords
students
international
alumni
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 19/08/2009
Duration: 00:38:46

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IASFM 12 Conference: Boundaries of Community

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Refugee Studies Centre
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This podcast was recorded at the fourth plenary event of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference.
This podcast was recorded at the fourth plenary event of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference, which was held on Thursday 2nd July 2009 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Chaired by Paula Banjerjee, including Peter Schatzer, Helen Muggeridge, Anneliese Baldaccini and Patricia Coelho.

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Refugee Studies Centre
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Paula Banjerjee
Peter Schatzer
Helen Muggeridge
Anneliese Baldaccini
Patricia Coelho
Keywords
forced migration
refugees
community
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 19/08/2009
Duration: 01:23:30

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Nanotechnology Part 5 - Quantum Machine

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Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology
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Part 5 of a series of short podcasts that explores one route toward the most exotic technology ever conceived: a quantum computer. In this episode we see how we might create a device made from Quantum particles.

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Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology
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Simon C. Benjamin
Keywords
quantum computing
buckyball
nanotechnology
Schrodinger's Cat
quantum mechanics
Department: Department of Materials
Date Added: 17/08/2009
Duration: 00:07:45

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Biotechnology and Biosecurity

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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Lecture on Biotechnology; its applications, its implications, risks and the challenges this new technology brings.

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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Ali Nouri
Keywords
global threats
global risks
disasters
Department: Oxford Martin School
Date Added: 17/08/2009
Duration: 00:32:58

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Introduction to the Global Catastrophes Risk Conference 2008

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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Nick Bostrom provides an introduction to the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference and briefly addressing some of the key themes running through it.

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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Nick Bostrom
Keywords
global threats
global risks
disasters
Department: Oxford Martin School
Date Added: 17/08/2009
Duration: 00:15:38

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Probing the Improbable

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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In this lecture, Toby Ord discusses the philosophical questions surrounding the risk of a global catastophe as well as the implications of a larger Hadron Collider.

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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008
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Toby Ord
Keywords
global threats
global risks
disasters
Department: Oxford Martin School
Date Added: 17/08/2009
Duration: 00:38:48

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David Smith on Dementia

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Interviews with Oxonians
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Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life.

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Interviews with Oxonians
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David Smith
Oliver Lewis
Keywords
ageing
Alzheimer’s
Dementia
mental health
neuroscience
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 17/08/2009
Duration: 00:25:50

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