Bringing out the bad guy with Star Trek
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OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Last Day of World War One
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 16 May 2013
Michael Palin joins the Timewatch team to discover why troops were still dying after the peace had been signed.
Star Trek and the Greeks
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Updated 08 May 2013
Like many science fiction series, Star Trek in all its incarnations has drawn upon human history
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Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi
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Advanced Level
Duration 35 mins
Updated 13 Feb 2013
Regina Jonas (1902-1944), who is now widely recognised as the world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935.
English in the world today
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Introductory Level
Duration 8 hours
Updated 23 May 2013
How did English become the global force it is today? This unit explores the state and status of English in the world. It looks at...
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
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Advanced Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 23 May 2013
The music of Mozart has been used to examine the foreground and middleground of harmony in units AA314_1 and AA314_2. Now you will use Beethoven's...
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Renaissance art reconsidered
Advanced Level
Duration 600 hours
Updated 17 May 2013
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Renaissance art wasn’t just confined to Italy, as traditional courses would have it… discover new social, geographical and subject areas where its influence was felt.The...
Making sense of the arts
Introductory Level
Duration 150 hours
Updated 13 May 2013
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Explore some of the key ideas and ways of thinking about the arts – including poetry, history, and art history – while developing your study...
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Updated 12 May 2013
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This art history residential school equips you to interpret artworks in an informed and critical manner, with guided visits to major London museums and galleries.The...
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