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Education & Development
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Fear and distrust can grow where there's a lack of understanding. Could a different approach to teaching about Islam in schools help?
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History & The Arts
The First World War: trauma and memory
In this free course, The First World War: trauma and memory, you will study the subject of physical and mental trauma, its treatments and its representation. You will focus not only on the trauma experienced by combatants but also the effects of the First World War on civilian populations.
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History & The Arts
Hadrian: The Roamin' Emperor
Can you piece together strands of historical evidence to work out what motivated the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, to travel so extensively?
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Society, Politics & Law
The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland
Carol Brown-Leonardi investigates how Britain’s exit from the European Union has affected the perceptions and decision-making of mixed nationality couples to stay and live permanently in Finland or the United Kingdom.
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Society, Politics & Law
Is democracy a good thing?
Is democracy the best way to select who runs our country? Is it unequivocally a good thing? Professor Derek Matravers discusses Plato's argument against democracy.
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History & The Arts
Kant's Axe
This animation explores Kant's thinking on lies.
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History & The Arts
Tracing your family history
These days, everyone seems to want to know about the origins of their family. Nick Barratt tells you how to start finding out.
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History & The Arts
The Rise of Museums
Dr John Senior examines the factors that led to the rise of museums.
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History & The Arts
Tubman: The Moses of Her People
Harriet Tubman led 300 slaves northwards to freedom in 19 trips along the "underground railroad". Dr Will Hardy introduces her story.
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History & The Arts
Outside the book: two styles of love
This video conveys how love expressed in Petrarchan and Libertine poetry says a lot about renaissance patriarchy.
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History & The Arts
A short history of the early days of artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence seems very much of our time - but as Jessica Riskin explains, history records many attempts to create machines that think.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
I-Spy: Episode 1
Episode one of the five-part online infidelity drama I-SPY: Rihanna installs spyware on the laptop she presents as a birthday present to her partner Oliver...