Our thematic selections - Wednesday 09 February 2022

Digital sobriety

It's a phrase we're hearing more and more: what exactly is digital sobriety? Very recently, most of our activities went online during the exceptional circumstance of the Covid-19 pandemic. But this only accentuated a basic trend. Digital technology is now omnipresent in our lives: what are the risks of an excess? What is the basis for defining this excess? How do the consequences of digital use manifest themselves in different fields: economy, society, ecology?

Why do we associate the term "sobriety" with digital technology in particular? Are they two terms that cannot really be thought of without each other? 

Indeed, digital technology represents an enormous consumption of resources and a considerable emission of waste, including CO2, which contributes to global warming. But historically it has been presented, perhaps even thought as a process of dematerialization. In other words, a way to pursue economic...

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How do I... - Thursday 18 March 2021

How to create an alert with the Financial Times

You are monitoring information on a specific topic? It is possible to receive articles published in the FT directly in your mailbox.

The FT is a leading British business and financial daily. Please note that creating an ft.com account with the ESSEC form is required before creating an alert. 

Once logged into your ESSEC ft.com account, it is possible to follow topics in order to receive weekly articles by email. It is also possible to set up your account to receive articles on the topics that interest you the most as soon as they are published.

First of all, you launch a search on the topic of your choice: company, personality, issue...

 

On the result page, click on the result being relevant for you, it appears in red when you can actually click on it:

 

Once on the related page, click on the "+ Add to...

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How to find... - Friday 29 January 2021

How to find your way around Moodle

The Moodle tutorials allow you to take control of the platform efficiently.

Thanks to the Moodle tutorials

• Professors and course assistants can learn or review the settings required to implement pedagogical activities
• Students and participants can learn how to use Moodle activities and functions

Sign up for tutorials

You may click on “Help” to choose the type of tutorials you want to consult depending on your status: tutorials for professors and course assistants, tutorials for students and participants or Frequently Asked Questions.

Once you have made your selection, whether you are a professor or a student, you will then have to click on "enrol me" to access the contents:

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How do I... - Monday 21 December 2020

E-books at the Learning Center

Access e-books selected by the Learning Center

 

 

The Learning Center selects and acquires e-books to be read online or downloaded. For e-books on management subjects, browse Discovery, which will redirect you to the appropriate platform where you will be able to read the e-book. 

 

Finding an e-book

To find your e-book, just type the title of your book or a keyword on Discovery. If the mention "Available online" appears on its record, it means that an e-book is available.

To only display e-books, select "Online" in the "Availability" filter and "Books" in the "Document Type" filter on...

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- Tuesday 10 November 2020

Learning English

To learn and improve your English, nothing is better than to practice regularly! To that end, we have selected websites where you can do grammar exercises, learn vocabulary or practice for different exams, as well as less academic tools: podcasts with their transcriptions, subtitled videos, comic books, etc.

You can borrow many books to learn the english language at the Learning Center, some of which contain CDs or online recordings for you to practice listening skills. We can lend you CD/DVD players if you need them.​

The British...

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