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Art history: modern and contemporary
History & The Arts

Art history: modern and contemporary

...architecture? You’re not alone! This collection gives new insight into today’s shifting kaleidoscope of visual culture by placing it in the context of the developments of the 19th and 20th century. In the mid 19th century there was a growing realisation that everything had changed. Industry was booming, and the speed of life increasing. Artists, thinkers and...
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Audio 31 mins
Heritage, whose heritage?
History & The Arts

Heritage, whose heritage?

...heritage mean? A professor of cultural studies discusses how concepts of heritage have changed. Perceptions of heritage Comparisons between British and Afro-caribbean values and concepts of heritage. Save Britain's Heritage How architectural heritage is fundamental to a sense of nationhood and identity and why it's vital to preserve it, according to campaign group Save....
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Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice
Science, Maths & Technology

Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice

...The importance of setting standards and devising a professional infrastructure. Ebusiness in Practice What is Service Oriented Architecture? Developers of Tesco Direct at IVIS and an SOA evangelist at IBM explain SOA's What SOA offers Developers identify the pitfalls for businesses and the advantages of Business Process Management. What are the future trends around SOA?...
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Audio 44 mins
The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...architecture, the spoken and written word as well as live and digital art as part of Tate Exchange Programme. The event took over a year to produce and was staged between 14 - 19 March at the Tate Modern in London. It generated nearly 5000 visitors and participants during those days, and a large social media following. The event has explored aspects of belonging,...
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Article 5 mins
Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley, Dr Itiel Dror
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley, Dr Itiel Dror

...architecture that underpins expert decision making. Dror's research, published in over 150 research articles, cited over 11,000 times (source: Google Scholar), demonstrates human vulnerabilities in expert decision making. He has worked in a variety of domains, from policing and aviation to medical experts and bankers, showing that cognitive and human factors impact even...
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Video 55 mins
The Arch Never Sleeps
Science, Maths & Technology

The Arch Never Sleeps

...architecture and engineering. Stone John Trapp looks at stone as a building material, especially it's use in building the Parthenon in Greece. The Arch Using models, Professor Francis Evans explains how arches stay standing. John Trapp and Professor Jacques Heyman look at the arches at Ely Cathedral. Lines of Thrust Professor Francis Evans uses a physical model to show...
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Introducing Religions
History & The Arts

Introducing Religions

...architecture of a mosque The largest and most splendid mosque in India. An important shrine in Delhi The most important Sufi shrine in India in Awia near Delhi. Hinduism in an Indian village How Hindu practice has changed in a small Indian village over the last 25 years Varanasi: An important religious site Varanasi, on the Ganges, is one of the most important Hindu...
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Audio 1 hr 36 mins
Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...Architecture - In software development the term architecture is associated with the overall structure of a software system or, at a higher level, a family of software systems. For this course, we will adopt the following definition, taken from Bass et al (2012). The software architecture of a system is the set of structures needed to reason about the system, which...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs