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Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination

...out that nothing in the world could have been made without the human capacity for imagination. Evolutionary anthropologists use the example of tool-making, showing that humans started to develop this brain capacity 50,000 years ago. Scientists can demonstrate that musicians and artists use an unusual amount of imagination for their creativity; and, lastly, the audio...
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Audio 59 mins
Start writing plays
History & The Arts

Start writing plays

...out in playwriting How do you find your starting point? Playwrights discuss the start of the creative process from developing simple ideas to narratives. Developing a play What are the best practices to apply when developing a dramatic idea? This discussion ranges from wider issues such as genre to more technical aspects of the art. The importance of character Crafting...
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Audio 1 hr 2 mins
Combating air pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Combating air pollution

...out to determine car emissions, but interpreting the data into real pollution statistics is harder than it seems. Clear solutions How to clean the air. Demonstration of methods used to remove pollutants from the air, including factory emissions. Industrial emissions How to curb industrial emissions of VOC's. The challenge facing British Aerospace in finding alternatives...
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Video 25 mins
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...out of religion altogether. A few people even find themselves with more than one identification at the same time – Buddhist Jews, for example. This course will look at some of the complex reasons why people explore different traditions. You may also have wondered why you were asked about yoga and horoscopes. Although we don’t tend to think of them as ‘religion’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...out of the Red Bee team for CBeebies. And then, about a year-and-a-half ago, I wanted to move… it was just a life choice, I wanted to move back to Oxford and I’d kind of seen the work at Green.TV for a while here and was interested in them. They were doing a lot of high level, good creative work which I wanted to continue doing. I’ve always had an interest in the...
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Video 30 mins
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...out important words, topics, issues, arguments, what about the key debates in a particular part of a chapter, or key debates that have come across in a television programme, what are the theories, what are the themes. These are all highlighting the kind of important material you should be reflecting on through your note taking. John I have a slightly sneaking feeling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...out the task Who is accountable (A): the single person who is answerable for the correct completion of the task Who is consulted (C): the people who need to be consulted in the carrying out of the task, who have a say in how it is carried out or who are expert in the subject area Who is informed (I): the people who need to be informed about the task and its progress....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...out which is, if you like, pure wilderness. I think the audience is thinking, ‘It can’t really be like that, can it? There’s got to be some snag.’ And then of course you get accused of saying it’s all gloom and doom, well it’s not all gloom and doom, there’s a lot of positive stuff that could be looked at, I think. Attenborough: ‘Life’ after Life on...
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Video 30 mins