2,770 search results
Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...think that TV audiences are allergic to anything that could be construed as ‘preachy.’ But the last year or so does throw up of examples of climate change themes being engagingly presented to very diverse audiences. And important lessons are being learnt about what works and what doesn’t. One approach is to find the right places to plant relevant storylines within...
View article Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Article 10 mins
Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...thinking about setting up a small new business, or becoming self-employed...Starting your small business is an introductory course for anyone who has recently set up a business or anyone who is thinking of setting up a small business or becoming self-employed. The course covers topics including structures, customers and responsibilities and looks at the common features...
View article Starting your small business
Article 5 mins
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...think that light and electricity flow like water or that cold is not the absence of heat, but a substance with a physical location that can flow from one place to another. The trouble is that students’ incorrect ideas can lead them to reject what they are taught. Even when teachers provide evidence that the student is wrong, the student will often reject the evidence...
View article The trouble with teaching physics
Article 5 mins
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...think about the meaning of, and your own impressions about, law and lawyers. Activity 1 Perceptions of law Timing: 15 minutes Write down up to five words or phrases, or draw images, that you associate with ‘law’. Try to focus on what law means to you personally. (You may want to return to what you have written later on in the course and reflect on whether your...
View course Social work law and UK regulation
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...think of Mongolia? My answer, probably like many people’s, was vast empty space, those signature round white tents (which Mongolians call gers, not ‘yurts’ – a word brought in during the country’s period under Russian and Soviet influence) and Genghis Khan. One thing you might not think of is ‘a good place to die’. Yet Mongolia is punching above its weight...
View article Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Article 15 mins
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...thinking about race. Gloria Ladson-Billings describes its emergence to counter a positivist liberal approach in Law. The slow pace of legal reform in the United States led thinkers to put forward the idea that racism is normal in American society. (An argument that is becoming more mainstream now.) Critical Race Theory particularly wanted to look at the way education...
View article Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Article 10 mins
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...think are the main similarities between the arguments in this case study and the second paragraph of ‘The new economy’ quotation discussed in Section 1? Figure 2 illustrates a number of different makes of digital camera. What other products do you normally associate with the manufacturers of these cameras? [Figure 2] Copyright © IPC Media Ltd © Copyright © IPC...
View course Innovation, markets and industrial change
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...system or a car radio rather than in a concert hall. In this case your music is relayed to you via various technological devices; well before the music reaches a compact disc (CD) or radio it will have been manipulated in various way using studio devices for recording, mixing and mastering. From the traditional acoustic instruments to the modern computer-based sampler or...
View course Sound for music technology: An introduction
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs