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Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...worked for the British Antarctic Survey as a seabird biologist. Transcript Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 Earth in Vision Project Julian Hector, an Executive Producer at the BBC Natural History Unit with a portfolio ranging from radio right through to television and even theatrical release. Why I work in natural history I’ve always loved animals and I’ve...
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Video 30 mins
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...work completely emotionally. I cannot intellectualize about the role of music in film. I decide if it should be there purely by my emotions.’ Jerry Goldsmith, composer for Alien (1979), The Sum of All Fears (2002) and the Star Trek films (1979–2002), quoted in Thomas, T. (1991) Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music, Burbank, CA, Riverwood Press, p. 293. ‘In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...Working with local community members and campaigning groups, Tombs and Whyte sought to raise awareness of the harm and health concerns associated with the operation of this factory, but their research was challenged and they were threatened with a libel suit by Sonae. This example provides a useful illustration of the way the powerful can sometimes use their influence and...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...work through them in any order. Section 1: Careers in languages – some ways you can use the ability to speak other languages in a job or a career. Section 2: Languages and the work environment – an exercise in doing business in a foreign country and a foreign language. Section 3: Studying languages – what it would be like to continue to study languages after...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...work, how data is stored and deleted, and why online safety and data security matter while gaining a deeper understanding of how technology influences the way we live and think...This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...work of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) and its mission to improve personal financial capability, check out the centre’s website. The centre, generously funded by True Potential LLP, has a mission to develop teaching and undertake research to help improve public financial capability. Transcript Requirements This course is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...work of a surging opposition? The short answer is a bit of both. Mauricio Macri, the son of an Italian migrant and prominent businessman, constructed a successful new political party (PRO) which developed solid bases in Buenos Aires city, winning consecutive elections since 2007. Together with the traditional UCR and other smaller parties, his alliance Let’s Change...
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Article 5 mins
Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...work, Cohen specialized in troubled father-son relationships. His most famous song, ‘Hallelujah’, begins with the paternal relationship between the psalmist King David and the father God he pleases with his ‘secret chord’. Consider ‘Story of Isaac’, from Songs from a Room (1969). This is a pointed retelling of the story from Genesis. God instructs Abraham to...
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