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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...Fiction on Radio 4 Jeremy talks rules, the advantages of radio drama and how to sustain your career as a writer. Transcript I’m Jeremy Howe. I’m the Commissioning Editor for Drama and Fiction on Radio 4. That means, as Commissioning Editor for Drama and Fiction, I commission shedloads of drama and shedloads of reading, so I am responsible for things like The Archers,...
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Audio 45 mins
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...Learn to think algorithmically and tweak code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts like repetition, serendipity and modularity. The algorithmic wallpaper you create will allow you to demonstrate your newfound design skills and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different perspectives on why creativity matters consider cognitive aspects of creativity and how personality and individual differences might contribute explore ways in which individuals can enhance their own creative potential appreciate how organisational factors such as culture,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the broad issue of children as citizens...Children’s rights: 1 Children's rights: general issues - The audio file in this course considers the general issues of children's rights, and the possibilities and implications of imagining children as citizens. Within the discussion, ideas about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton

...English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (1854). Norton’s efforts were influential in bringing about the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and the Married Women's Property Act 1870. Thus her achievement is to have instigated changes in legislation which ameliorated the position of many women. Learn more about women, the law and history...
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Article 5 mins
Hallowain't III: Ghost moose
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Ghost moose

...learned to do this. Because they've relied on the cold to kill off the ticks before they become a problem. As the climate changes, though, the cold isn't wiping out the eggs and larvae as the year turns; hence the moose, having failed to remove them, are being bitten raw by the little parasite. Richard Conniff, writing at TakePart, explains the size of the problem: Even...
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Article 5 mins
Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?

...learned to savour the taste of fat because it’s such a concentrated form of energy. It wouldn’t have been easy to find back then, so if you did find some, it would be worth eating the lot. But now it’s a different story; fat is easy to get hold of, and most of us find it easy to eat too much. Why does ketchup stick to the sides of the bottle - and then suddenly...
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Article 5 mins
Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...about climate change from different disciplinary perspectives and how that knowledge and experience may explain and inform the outcomes of COP26...Transcript The UK in partnership with Italy are currently at the centre of international debates and actions on Climate change, as COP 26 in November 2021 is scheduled to take place in Glasgow. While Covid-19 places some
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Article 5 mins