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Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...geography and people of Ukraine. Discover Ukrainian Christmas traditions. Move on with the Ukrainian alphabet...Week 3: At home: 1 Houses and homes - Let’s start with some key words: дім dim means ‘home’ and динок budynok means ‘house’. Many people live in a flat квартира kvartyra...Week 3: At home: 1.1. Viktoriia’s home in Kharkiv - [Described...
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...Geography at the Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers, OBE. We are continuing our discussion about your book The Legacy of Nuclear Power. I think you are making a very strong point at the end of your book when you take a critical, when you are critical of the currently favoured approach to dealing with nuclear waste, which is deep geological disposal and...
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...geography and drama can all be taught to great effect with the imaginative use of local museum and heritage resources. Activity 2 It's always useful for a school to have an up-to-date list of the museums, galleries and heritage sites in the local area. To research what's available near you use the search box or map search when visiting the 24 Hour Museum. You may like to...
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...Geography at the University of Birmingham. Peter has worked extensively on children and the environment. In this interview he discusses the question of whether young people are particularly environmentally conscious and how this might differ cross-culturally. Figure 8 Professor Peter Kraftl, Birmingham University Listen to the interview, then, once you have finished,...
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...geography, of the Classical world; acquire a broad knowledge and understanding of the various disciplines that make up Classical Studies, and develop your ability to practise the methods of enquiry used by these disciplines; develop your ability to examine critically different kinds of ancient material and modern interpretations of this material; develop skills to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...Geography and Interconnections The development of Newry has been marked by power struggles between diverse population groups, but it is this diversity which has brought growth and success to Newry as a trading centre. The first evidence of Newry as a town is a map of Newry from the late sixteenth century, which clearly shows the town developing from a defensive...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...geography across the UK. The second set of investment records, which we’re going to about today, was shareholdings in individual company securities over the period 1870 to 1935. Question 2 Given the size of the population of UK investors during the time of investigation, the data collection should focus on a representative sample. How would you choose the companies in...
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...geography, and social policy, to name just a few. Often, these perspectives might offer quite different and sometimes contrasting views about the nature of crime and responses to it. Indeed, criminology is often a highly contested field of study marked by competing and sometimes conflicting views of what exactly criminologists should be studying. For some criminologists,...