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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...think that nine times out of ten I think that movies scores, film scores are based on one or maybe two quite short musical ideas, maybe a theme or a rhythmic idea or something like that, and I suppose at its best it becomes a development of that, and at its worst I suppose it's a series of repeats of the same idea without really developing it. Trevor Herbert Right George,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...think about the following questions. Don't read the discussion until you have finished. How is the influence of the Enlightenment evident in Goya's early career? How were the effects of the Napoleonic invasion reflected in his art? In what ways did Goya's art move towards a Romantic concern with the darker forces of unreason, mystery and suffering? Click below to view...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...think the time wasted in seeing Stonehenge." "Why?" "Only a few old stones to see." But he went, and I have no doubt did think the time wasted, but it would be some consolation to him, on the other side, to be able to say that he had seen it with his own eyes. [Stonehenge in the snow] How did these same "few old stones" strike me on a first visit? It was one of the...
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Article 10 mins
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...systems of England and Wales were completely integrated and elected representatives for both countries sat in the House of Commons at Westminster (Dickinson, 2007). Although Scotland and England shared the same monarch from 1603, the Kingdom of Scotland remained a distinct political entity with its own representative institution, the Parliament of Scotland, until 1707....
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...system of specialised protein assemblies that together form what is known as the cytoskeleton. Another term often used is cellular 'scaffolding' which is perhaps rather misleading, since the protein assemblies that make up the cytoskeleton are not fixed, but are highly dynamic and play an essential role in the transport of organelles and some molecules within the cell....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...system can’t cope with demand. Now, most countries are not against welfare restrictions. Some central European states do see it as discriminating against their citizens, but it is not unfeasible that Cameron will be able to get a deal. In fact, a timely focus group study revealed that Poles and Bulgarians themselves are not against welfare restrictions in the UK. But...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: The magpie
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The magpie

...systemic explanations of how the world is ordered. Rather, I want to see why and how certain themes were used by states (in my case, Iran) in their diplomacy and wider foreign policy. So, I learnt Persian, I went to Iran - I ‘immersed’ myself in the culture of my object of study during my PhD. One might see this as me acting like a true 19th Century orientalist...
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Article 5 mins
The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...system uses shortcuts to simplify the task. When there is information conflict in such highly complex situations, this creates a state psychologists refer to as “cognitive dissonance”. Human beings generally seek to reduce such dissonance by trying to restore the consistency of the information they are exposed to, such as by integrating new information into their...
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Article 5 mins