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Nouvelles mises au point
Languages

Nouvelles mises au point

...Course L310 Nouvelles mises au point... Introduction Introduction to the series of tracks Caribbean French People talk about the special flavour of the French spoken in Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean A French Caribbean speciality A professor in Martinique describes a local speciality with an intriguing name. A creole story A schoolteacher tells one of the...
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Audio 33 mins
Myth at the heart of the Roman Empire
History & The Arts

Myth at the heart of the Roman Empire

...course A330 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds... Myth at the heart of the Roman Empire A short introduction to this album. The foundation of Rome An introduction to the stories of the foundation of Rome and how these myths reinforce Roman identity even today. The House of Augustus Insights into how Emperor Augustus connected himself to the foundational myths and gods of...
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Audio 48 mins
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...Course A216 Art and its histories... Textiles in Ghana A short introduction to this album. Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated without the loss...
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Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...course be an inevitable result of asking someone to communicate their view on a whole group of people belonging to a certain category. However, stereotypes do seem to play an important role in shaping attitudes and potentially norms. The features of the Old School Project we are interested in at the OU are related to intergenerational perceptions. We are keen to explore...
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French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
Society, Politics & Law

French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...course, but while she has to believe she can win on May 7, it’s a very long shot. The final result will have an impact on Le Pen and the future direction of the Front National. She is not in danger of being replaced if she loses; there is no alternative leader for the time being. But the strategy and the programme, largely devised by her acolyte Florian Philippot, will...
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Freedom of speech
History & The Arts

Freedom of speech

...courses and qualifications [Political banner promoting free speech (US)] The pros and cons There are good reasons to preserve freedom of speech – the case is made with formidable power in John Stuart Mill’s classic text, On Liberty (1859). In a society in which speech is free, there will be an interchange of ideas, truths that damage those in power will be more...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...courses. What is a carbon footprint? The carbon footprint is the annual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, that result from the activities of an individual, a group of people, a town or city, region or nation, mainly from the use of energy and transport and consumption of food, goods and services. It’s measured as the mass, in tonnes per...
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Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...course of the decade that follows, and that’s climate change. The documentary ‘Under the weather: Overheating’, broadcast in 1981 is one of the first longer documentaries we have found that covers the issue of human-caused climate change. The uncertainties are emphasised, but the potentially far-reaching consequences are laid out before the audience. So how should...
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