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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
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...think of complicated waves, such as a square wave, in terms of the sine waves that you’ve combined to make the wave, so adding different sine waves to make that more complicated wave. So for example, any wave with sharp corners or sudden transitions, going back to the square wave again, contains a lot of high frequency sine waves. We know that because when you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 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
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...think critically about it, i.e. how can their action lead to change? What are the different perspectives about the issue? Is the issue a contested one? (Wood et al, 2018; Westheimer and Kahne, 2002). They also need a range of practical skills and understandings to make real-life change within a democracy, including how to communicate effectively (Wood et al, 2018). An...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 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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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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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...systems, use charcoal-based composts, and exploit a suite of more efficient practices tailored to their crops and terrain. Schemes such as Cool Farm Tool could help farmers measure and manage emissions from their own land. There would not be one big answer, but a host of varied responses. These range from better crop rotation to low tillage as opposed to deep ploughing,...
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Article 10 mins