The first ever bug bounty program was launched in 1983. The prize for finding a bug in the software? A Volkswagen Beetle (a bug – geddit?).
In August last year courseindex.com published an article about how blockchain techno
The cryptocurrency boom and its underlying blockchain technology is generating such levels of global interest that even authoritative institutions like the London School of Economics –
When King Henry VI of England founded Eton College in 1440 as “The King’s College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor”, he could scarcely have imagined that 578 years later it would be
Computers are dumb. They do what they are told to do, and that’s it. Powerful as they are, computers cannot (yet) make decisions on anything like a human level.
Over 50 leading AI and robotics researchers have said they will boycott a leading Korean research institute over its plans to develop AI-powered weapons.
The relentless pace of Formula 1 innovation is legendary.
The Institute for Digital Business Strategy is a new online school with the aim of helping executives in Africa and other continents to manage the process of realigning their strategies
Forbes is angling for a bite of the Continuing Professional Education market with learn.forbes.com, its new eLearning platform launched June 6.
What is the real value of an MBA? The skills developed, or the prestige of the issuing institution?
In manufacturing, one measure of the efficiency and quality of a process is its sigma rating – which can refer either to yield or the percentage of defect-free products it creates.
Business is all about calculated risk. The key word there is ‘calculated’.
The cuisines of New York City are the cuisines of the world. Not because of some kind of American culinary imperialism but because it is a city made up of immigrants.
“Doing what you like is freedom.
Liking what you do is happiness.”
The BBC has used research data from the Institute for Fiscal Studies to publish an interactive salary checker based on degree
Narcissists are particularly dangerous people. They can be charming, intelligent, and entertaining to be around.
Americans consume twice as many material goods today as they did 50 years ago. As a result, most homes are full of junk.
The most popular course ever at Yale? Surely Political Science, CompSci, Global Affairs, one of those?
A spate of recent food safety lapses have highlighted the need for restaurant managers to renew their food safety training and make doubly sure that staff working on their premises are trained or r
The event management business is booming. The consumption of things is falling in favour and the consumption of experiences is rising, especially among millennials and younger people.
Food Safety Managers are not only the overall managers of establishments but also chefs, cooks and owners.
Serving alcohol to people can have undesirable consequences if it is not done sensibly.
If you think food safety training is just more government nannying, visit foodsafetynews.com and read the horror stories of E.coli deaths, hepatitis and
Start just by looking. What does the colour of the wine tell you? How does its surface cling to the edges of the glass – a clue to texture and alcohol content?
The world always needs new songs. They put a spring in our step as we hear them on the radio, help us reflect on painful experience and offer new angles on love, sex and death.
Writing is lonely and bad for your back, but it’s also a thrilling adventure of self-discovery and a potential money spinner.
Masterclass is an educational company offering online classes delivered by astonishingly big names in their fields. We are talking bona fide A-list people.
Sometimes you meet people who can recite the entire family tree of rock: which bands spawned which other bands, which members left and formed their own bands, where they came from, who
If you are visiting a foreign country, you might take along a pocket guide to the language to help you order things in restaurants or explain to the local police what the person who sna
Arts funding cuts in the UK have bitten deep. The Arts Council has lost a third of its funds, forcing it to axe some of its projects and scale down others.
Working with animals. What images do those words conjure up? Veterinary nurse or surgeon? Animal shelter worker? Professional dog walker?
The 2017 hurricane season has been one of the most violent on record, with the highest number of major hurricanes since 2005 and it’s not even over yet.
There is arguably no greater repository of outstanding nature and adventure photography than the archives of the National Geographic.
It’s very British to talk about the weather. So it’s fitting that a British university – the University of Reading – offers a 3-week course called Come Rain or Shine: Understanding The Weather.
Have you ever imagined yourself cast away on an island or lost in the jungle for weeks on end? How would you survive?
Sometimes the Earth bites. Some would say ‘sometimes the Earth bites back,’ with climate change and rising incidents of flooding in mind. But most natural disasters are not man-made.
Business is all about calculated risk. The key word there is ‘calculated’.
TV game shows love progress bars, don’t they?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us, even with the Third is still in progress. Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are three of the driving forces behind it.
Mindfulness is all about mental clarity, and alcohol is well known for having the opposite effect. So why has a course near Niagara Falls in Canada combined the two?
How do you speak without opening your mouth? With your hands of course.
What is the real value of an MBA? The skills developed, or the prestige of the issuing institution?
The music industry tends to be a place where the winners win big and the rest scrape along as best they can. Raw musical talent is probably not enough to make it to the top.
You are lost and alone in the wilderness. For the first day or two, it isn’t too bad apart from the mosquitos. You’re going to be rescued, right?
We wrote recently about an accelerated 1-year MBA course that packs a full MBA into 11 months.
The popularity of True Blood, Twilight and The Vampire Diaries has spawned a variety of educational offers for those with a thirst for the subject.
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, studied philosophy at college.
