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Star Wars: Myth and fairy tale
History & The Arts

Star Wars: Myth and fairy tale

...account for the die-hard quality of fans’ devotion. Fairy tales are about conflicts with parents; about growing up. Male protagonists often undertake a quest, while female protagonists are abused at home, or driven out by hostile older women (in the main). Some tales employ both male and female lead characters. In Hansel and Gretel, say, a brother and sister are exiled...
Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...account includes reflections on the technology, some of the social factors around sound systems, the physical sensations of listening to loud bass sounds, spiritual and cultural elements, ideas about the value of music, and more. Transcript Clive demonstrates just some of the ways in which music can have an impact both on the individual and also within society in general....
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...accounts, before moving on to look at bonds and shares. We’ll then focus on the way that personal investments can be made in various types of investment funds and how these funds enable even small amounts of money to be spread over a range of individual investments. We’ll examine investing in property too – and the UK has experienced a marked increase in recent...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...account ecosystem services have been developed. This coupled with increased environmental awareness of business/government/public has resulted in improved appreciation of the value of ecosystem services. There have been many examples of initiatives that attempt to value ecosystems services. From the famous applied example of the Catskills Watershed Corporation supplying...
Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...regulator. Animation 6 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and social work service users? [Witness to harm - Video 6] Transcript Animation 7 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and social workers? [Witness to harm - Video 7] Transcript If you would like to find out more about the project, take a look at the Witness to harm, holding to account project page....
Herodotus 'The Histories'
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories'

...account as discourse: this group said this, the other group said that, I for one cannot say for sure . . . In this way, he reproduces the ‘enquiry’ effect, with the result that to be a reader of Herodotus is to become an historian. Find out how by following the links in the menu below. The Hestia Project The Hestia project brings this enquiry into the 21st century...
Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...account in the first edition of her book The Creative Mind Four “Lovelace” questions A detailed discussion with Professor Margaret Boden about the relationship between computers and creativity in terms of four 'Lovelace' questions The relationship between imagination and creativity A philosophical dialogue between Mike Beaney and Berys Gaut concerning Gaut's views on...
Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...Growth Agendas The development of brownfields sites in terms of growth, using East London as an example,. The victims of such development and the potential cultural and social loss. Divergent Agendas How are agendas defined, and what is lost in a shift to governance over government? The possibilities for democratic accountability and the problems of local councils....
Audio 1 hr 50 mins