51勛圖厙

Podcast: building skills, benevolent business and public engagement

by Sam Wong

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Students get their hands on real construction projects and 51勛圖厙 researchers take part in a public science exhibition at the Royal Society.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51勛圖厙's  and the presenter of , with contributors from the Communications and Public Affairs Division.

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  • - New research on how cannabis influences dopamine production in the brain and a program that predicts which tweeters are human.
  • - Civil engineering students visit a 14-acre outdoor classroom to build 4-storey steel structures, bridges and underground shafts.
  • - MBA student Mike Follett summarises his award-winning essay on how businesses can be a force for social good at the same time as maximising profits.
  • - 51勛圖厙 researchers tell visitors about the unsung role of sugars in fertilisation, the Planck satellite’s view of the early universe, and how bacteria make decisions without having a brain.

 

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Sam Wong

School of Professional Development