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My career goal: Creative and design
History & The Arts

My career goal: Creative and design

...world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Take your learning further The Open University has over 40 years’ experience delivering flexible learning and 170,000 students are studying with us...
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Fossil Detectives
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil Detectives

...worlds long gone... Fossil Detectives A short introduction to this album. Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum Hermonie Cockburn intorduces and explains the birth of the Fossil Detective series and discusses the Megalosaurus, which includes a clip from the central England programme. Dinosaur excavation Hermonie focusses on the work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her...
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Audio 56 mins
Greek Theatre
History & The Arts

Greek Theatre

...world... Greek Theatre An introduction to this album. Attending the theatre in Athens Historians discuss the significance and meaning of theatre in Ancient Greece. Actors in Greek theatre Why actors in ancient Greece wore masks and were highly skilled. How the plays survived How precious Greek plays survived against all odds to influence theatre into the 21st Century....
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Audio 41 mins
Understanding Globalisation
Money & Business

Understanding Globalisation

...world. In the following audio tracks Susan Segal Horn (Emerita Professor of International Strategy) explains how globalisation increases the Integration of economic activities across boarders as a result how nations become interdependent on and other. This material forms part of the Open University course B835 The dynamics of strategy... Understanding Globalisation Susan...
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Audio 23 mins
The Trojan Defence
Science, Maths & Technology

The Trojan Defence

...world of computer malware and reveals the products and business models used to fund a 'hidden' economy. Fighting Back How the Trojan Defence works as a legal defence, and the challenges computer crime raises for both prosecution and for defence. You Decide Ian Kennedy walks through an investigation that he conducted on a computer containing indecent images of children,...
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Audio 26 mins
English: Language of opportunity
Languages

English: Language of opportunity

...Worlds of English... English in Indian schools In Bangalore private schools teach English whereas most state schools teach in the local dialect. English in science In science English is currently the language of choice. English in China Since the Chinese economy has opened up, interest in speaking English has increased. English in Malaysia In Malaysia there was a concern...
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Audio 43 mins
Glastonbury and the festival
History & The Arts

Glastonbury and the festival

...world’s most famous music festivals!...When you hear the word ‘Glastonbury’ you might think back to the memorable gigs of The Rolling Stones (2013), Beyoncé (2011) or Johnny Cash (1994), but there’s another lesser known side to the Somerset town too. Did you know, for example, that Glastonbury is thought to have been an ancient celtic centre of goddess worship?...
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Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...world. And in conversations I’ve had with Sir David, that’s the thing I’ve taken away the most, his feeling is that perhaps what we don’t do enough is just do that, just go out and report on what we see in the world. You don’t put a value judgment on it, just go out there and show it, make it a compelling story, make it a good watch; you don’t have to tell...
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Video 30 mins