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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...Project Fatih Birol interview Key RH: Roger Harrabin = Interviewer FB: Fatih Birol, Head of International Energy Agency = Participant RH: I’m now with Fatih Birol, who’s the incoming head of the International Energy Agency. I’ve known Fatih for a long time because he’s been chief economist. Fatih, can you say when you first became interested in energy? FB: I was...
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...Introduction - Companies and financial accounting, serves as an introduction to the understanding of the legal characteristics of limited companies and how the ways in which they are financed impact on their financial reporting and role in society. Session 1 introduces sole proprietorships, partnerships and limited companies as three common forms of business entity and...
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...managed, experienced and dismantled...Empires have existed throughout most of human history. They have spanned the globe. They have influenced the way we are governed, our systems of trade, how we use technology, our relationships with the natural world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and divided the world. They have profoundly affected how we have understood...
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...introduction to our work. I also recorded a video explaining our focus on Antarctica and the uncertainty surrounding the impact of global warming. Following the video is a slightly more in depth description of our recent research findings. Unstable ice sheets The idea that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet could become “unstable” goes back four decades. In the 1970s...
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...Introduction - This free course, Assessment in secondary foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing MFL in secondary schools. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon and develop your assessment practice as a teacher of MFL. You will also develop a greater awareness of how assessment can be used in...
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...Introduction - ¡Bienvenido/a a semana 2! Welcome to Week 2! [Described image] Your study this week will include the vocabulary and expressions used for formal and informal phone calls. Remember to keep a record of your learning using a simple paper notebook (or whatever suits you best). It is important that you keep track of your learning, so that the key points are...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...Management/Control [Two air traffic controllers look out from Heathrow air traffic control tower over the runways. ]Air traffic management is a system for making sure that all aircraft are safe at all times. In the same way that drivers of cars have to obey the rules of the road, pilots also have a huge number of laws and regulations they must adhere to ensure the safety...
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...Introduction - Last week introduced some vocabulary you need when talking about breakfast. This week you will build on that and say what food and drink you actually like and what you are not so keen on. [Described image] To express likes and dislikes, the adverb gern or gerne (both versions are used by native speakers and there is absolutely no difference between them) is...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs