Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future. They have crept into virtually every aspect of modern life and are making life-changing choices on our behalf, often without us realising. But how much power should we give to them and have we let things go too far? Joanna Bale talks to Ken Benoit, Andrew Murray, Seeta Peña Gangaradhan, Alison Powell and Bernhard Von Stengel.
Research links: Hello World by Hannah Fry; 
Information Technology Law: The Law and Society by Andrew Murray; 
Explanations as Governance? Investigating practices of explanation in algorithmic system design by Alison Powell (forthcoming).

LSE iQ is a university podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Do algorithms have too much power?

Listen to an English language executive summary of the Time to Act report. This ground-breaking study, authored by On the Move and commissioned by the British Council as part of Europe Beyond Access -the world’s largest transnational arts and disability programme spanning 42 countries.

Time To Act provides the first transnational evidence that lack of knowledge in the mainstream cultural sector is a key barrier preventing disabled artists and arts professionals from participating equally in European culture. 

Now you can find out more about the study background and some of its findings in an accessible way by listening to this audio recording. 

You can also visit the Europe Beyond Access webpage to find and download the whole report in pdf and Yumpu formats: https://www.disabilityartsinternational.org/resources/time-to-act-final-results/

Watch the Time to Act report launch event recording on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7044DMjr0&feature=youtu.be

Time to act report. Executive Summary in English

Leaders Make Mistakes VOCAB

Does travel broaden the mind? 
Two English teachers from the UK in natural conversation. Improve English listening skills. Improve your vocabulary. Learn about British culture and the English way of thinking.
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Does travel broaden the mind? - Real English conversation 41

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English conversation topics - Hotel Check-in
Learn English online using these simple English conversation topics.
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In this episode of the Learning English Essentials Podcast, I share a simple English conversation you can use immediately to help you learn English online quickly and without overwhelm.
 
This English conversation is about checking into a hotel.
 
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Learning English Essentials Podcast - Hotel Check - In

Phan Xa - Mini Story

A woman without her man is nothing. Without punctuation, this sentence is difficult to understand. What do you think the meaning of this sentence is? Using commas will improve your writing and make it easier to understand your meaning.

Improve Your Writing with These 5 Rules

Fugitives from the law: Laurie Taylor talks to Alice Goffman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about 'On the Run' her study of the lives of African American men caught up in webs of criminality in Philadelphia. She spent six years living in a neighbourhood marked by pervasive policing, violence and poverty. She argues that high tech surveillance and arrest quotas have done little to reduce crime or support young lives in the most disadvantaged parts of the US. They're joined by Professor Dick Hobbs, Criminologist at the University of Essex. Also, Alison Phipps, Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Sussex, explores the rise of 'lad culture' in Higher Education and its relationship to the 'marketisation' of learning. 
Producer: Jayne Egerton. Published on November 5, 2014.

'Lad culture' in higher education - Fugitives from the law in Philadelphia

Switzerland looks set to be the first country in Europe to halt routine breast screening; yet in the UK a review of the same evidence came to the opposite conclusion. Dr Mark Porter asks how two groups of experts can arrive at such different decisions, and examines the harms and benefits of screening for breast cancer. Published on July 15, 2014.

Screening for Breast Cancer

Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works and discusses current ideas on how we live today.