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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...work there includes the flagship and primetime titles: Costing the Earth, Countryfile, The Holiday Programme and They Think It’s All Islam. Prior to the BBC, he worked for World Television. Ade graduated from Cambridge University in the early 90s, where he was an early student of climate change. He then went on to help BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman research his...
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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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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
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
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
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Society, Politics & Law

Dive deeper with these extra articles

...working paper reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of asset mapping and similar approaches: Making sense of assets: Community asset mapping and related approaches for cultivating capacities Traces Project is a multimedia learning project, focusing untold history of arts and culture contributions by people who have sought safety in the UK from conflict and persecution:...
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A reader's guide to Midnight's Children
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Midnight's Children

...work of a school of artists. Later, in Latin America, ‘magic realism’ became associated with a literary style. Subsequent exponents of the genre have included Peter Carey, Angela Carter, John Fowles, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. They blend opposites, fusing ordinary characters and events with fantastical and mythical ones. The effect conveys a sense of...
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Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care
Education & Development

Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care

...they are unable to use the microphone. A poll enables students to share how they are feeling about their studies, whilst the tutor is visible through the webcam. It is important that universities and tutors know about students’ experiences, both positive and negative so that we can make changes to how we work and provide the best possible opportunities for learning....
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