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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...working on a secret weapon – the most powerful ever devised – and by August 1945… it was no longer such a secret. These films explore A-Bomb in Pop Culture or: How The West Has Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, through to the Cold War and right up to the present day. The films conclude by asking...
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Audio 16 mins
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...work of this research programme and explores the ways in which emotions affect how we all (from investment bankers to the wider public) think and decide about money. xDelia is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme... Money and Emotions The xDelia project is a European Commission funded research programme being conducted by The Open University...
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Audio 19 mins
The Trojan Defence
Science, Maths & Technology

The Trojan Defence

...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, leaving the audience to decide the what the verdict should be: guilty or not guilty....
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Audio 26 mins
Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage
History & The Arts

Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage

...work. Home at Grasmere Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed. Finding Inspiration By dissecting Wordsworth’s manuscripts and Dorothy’s journals we can see what experiences had the biggest impact on his poetry. Thomas De Quincey The journalist Thomas De Quincey documented the time he spent with the Wordsworth’s. Quincey on Dove Cottage...
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Audio 19 mins
Fossil Detectives
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil Detectives

...work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her on a dinosaur excovation from the South of England programme. The West Runton Elephant Story Hermonie discusses the ice age, meeting David Attenborough, and the West Runton elephant. Microfossils and the Ichtyosaur Hermonie looks at the contrast between microfossils and larger fossils and also discovers the Ichtyosaur in...
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Audio 56 mins
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...work, access to welfare, sense of identity and belonging, and practices of the everyday. Throughout human history people have migrated from their place of birth for different reasons – for example, to seek new ways of surviving, to colonise new lands, to establish new markets for trade, or because they feared for their lives in their country of origin. Large movements...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...working with a situation and you realise that you don't quite understand it, or you can't quite see what to do, or you don't know if what you did before has helped – in other words, times when you are puzzled, intrigued or worried. These times are, for you, the equivalent of a field trip for a geologist, a visit to a gallery for an art historian, or gathering vital...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...Working as a Chinese teacher in a British school, I can see little open debate on what truly makes a good lesson and whether teacher should be free to choose different teaching methods for different subjects or content. The ideas on these issues seem to set hard like concrete and seeking for a perfect Ofsted lesson become an important part of professional development for...
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Article 10 mins