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Terminal Cities

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 13 Jun 2013
By Professor Simon Bell
Everyone wants to be able to go everywhere, but no-one wants the Terminal City near them. Simon Bell discusses the paradox of modern air travel.
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Design in a nutshell

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 08 May 2013
By Clive Hilton
Get the lowdown on 6 key design movements and share your design alter-ego
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Explosions: How we shook the world

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 05 Apr 2013
By The Bang Goes The Theory web team
Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield is used to creating explosions, but for this explosions special he explores how we have learned to control them...
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The genesis of drama

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Introductory Level Updated 18 Mar 2013
In this video interview, scriptwriter Kate Gartside and executive producer Mark Hedgecoe, talk about the challenges involved in telling the compelling story behind The Challenger 
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A vision of the future

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Introductory Level Updated 06 Mar 2013
By Dr Leslie Budd, Uwe Krueger
Uwe Krueger, CEO of global engineering firm Atkins, shares how he plans for developments with the future in mind.
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Retail agnosticism

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Introductory Level Updated 01 Mar 2013
By Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick
Andy Street, Managing Director of the department store chain John Lewis, discusses the future of retail.
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The Bill Gates of Africa

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Introductory Level Updated 21 Feb 2013
By Dr Leslie Budd, Herman Chinery-Hesse
Herman Chinery-Hesse, co-founder of the Ghanian software company theSOFTtribe, discusses software development in Africa.
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Jumping the hurdles of entrepreneurship

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Introductory Level Updated 21 Feb 2013
By Dr Roshan Boojiha, Andrew Rugasira
Andrew Rugasira, CEO of the Ugandan coffee company Good African Coffee, discusses entrepreneurship in Africa.
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Mobile Africa

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Introductory Level Updated 13 Feb 2013
By Dr Leslie Budd, Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph, Managing Director of Mobile Money at Vodafone, discusses how mobile phone technology is contributing to major developments in Africa. 
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark matter

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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark matter
Introductory Level Updated 13 Feb 2013
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer who discovered Dark Matter in the Universe. But what's the matter with dark matter?
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Mi'kmaq: First Nation people

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Advanced Level Duration 20 mins Updated 17 Apr 2013
By The iTunes U team
Can heritage continue to inform the way we live today? Is it possible to balance traditional ideas with a modern life?
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Transport and sustainability

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Intermediate Level Duration 12 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
This unit explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.
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Learning to learn: Exploring learning

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Here we encourage you to consider two additional perspectives that can illuminate your learning. The first is the perspective that other people you know can...
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Learning to learn: Planning for personal change

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Explores academic theories and acts as a guide to help you establish where you want to go and what you want to achieve. You...
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Learning to learn: Learning can mean change

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
This unit starts to explore what it takes to learn and change. Through the use of activities and introducing academic skills and evaluating websites,...
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Learning to learn: You and your learning

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
In this unit, the focus is on the perspective that you have on your own learning. However, as you gather evidence about this perspective,...
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Collaboration in the classroom

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 12 Mar 2013
By The iTunes U team
What teaching methods can be used to improve a school’s performance?
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Employee engagement

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Introductory Level Duration 10 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Engagement is a key buzzword in 21st century management. Strategic human resource management rests on the belief that people are the key to achieving competitive...
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Foundations for self-directed support in Scotland

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Introductory Level Duration 40 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
This course will provide the foundations of understanding self-directed support in Scotland in the wider context of personalisation. Providing grounding in the culture and ways...
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Inside the International Criminal Court

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Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 28 Feb 2013
By The iTunes U team
What is the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? How will the ICC develop in the 21st century?
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