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Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles
Education & Development

Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles

...works and so on. Discuss Requires an answer that explains an item or concept, and then gives details about it with supportive information, examples, points for and against, and explanations for the facts put forward. It is important to give both sides of the argument and come to a conclusion. Evaluate/Assess Requires an answer that decides and explains how great, valuable...
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Rundblick: beginners' German second edition
Languages

Rundblick: beginners' German second edition

...Work week, and weekdays What do you do? People and their occupations A day in Berlin 3 Interviews with tourists explaining their plans in Berlin The city of Graz 6 people saying what they like about Graz Die Fuggerei in Augsburg The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing complex Das Vinzidorf The VinziDorf is a church-ran programme that takes in the homeless Stress...
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Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach. Goethe As a benchmark figure of modernity, Goethe maintained an intriguing relationship with the Romantics, from early support and engagement to eventual dismissal and vitriolic attack. Romanticism in France French Romanticism took its philosophical cues from Germany and literary...
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Audio 53 mins
Archaeology: the science of investigation
Science, Maths & Technology

Archaeology: the science of investigation

...work of conservators at the British Museum. Curating Jordanian artifacts A Tell es-Sa'idiyeh conservator explains the initial approach to preserving artefacts. Conserving coins - a demonstration A conservator explains how careful handling is required when cleaning artefacts. X-raying objects The importance of modern technology in the preservation of an artefact from an...
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Audio 44 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...worked closely with the British State to achieve their aims. [Toussaint Louverture, who was one of the leaders of the slave rebellion in the Republic of Haiti (Saint Domingue)] Toussaint Louverture, who was one of the leaders of the slave rebellion in the Republic of Haiti (Saint Domingue) The intimate connections between anti-slavery abolition and the emerging capitalist...
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Article 20 mins
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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Video 30 mins
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
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