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The Graeco-Roman city of Paestum
History & The Arts

The Graeco-Roman city of Paestum

...course A219 Exploring the classical world... The Graeco-Roman city of Paestum An audio introduction to this album. The Greek city of Poseidonia An introduction to the early Greek city and three of the best preserved temples. The Tomb of the Diver A spectacular tomb illustration reveals Greek cultural behaviour. After the Lucanian conquest How the city was conquered by...
Buildings of ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Buildings of ancient Rome

...course A219 Exploring the Classical World... Buildings of ancient Rome An introduction to this album’s contents. Temples of republican Rome An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in the Campus Martius. The Porticus of Octavia The grand gateway to the temple precinct. The Circus Flaminius The parade ground where triumphal processions...
Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...course, is that you are forced into asking questions, the answers to which people usually take for granted in existing institutions. INTERVIEWER: But the answers you came up with, the expansion of universities at that stage, seemed to me in many ways-- yes, you took in many more numbers-- but the characteristics which you've developed are very close to those of other...
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...courses and teaching staff. Our aims were to identify participants’ views about this novel technology in education, and to provide a set of recommendations during its development through a set of pilot studies. Our research drew primarily on pre- and post-intervention questionnaires completed by a total of 4,058 students, including 330 Special Educational Needs and...
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...course, in the digital field is that if you say, ‘Hey, it’s all free, everybody can use everything’ then they go, ‘Well why should we ever pay somebody to make it?’ And you go, ‘No, no, no, that’s not the deal! You’ve still got to pay for the creation of it, but then you can use it afterwards.’ People won’t get that if you make everything available for...
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...course, in the digital field is that if you say, ‘Hey, it’s all free, everybody can use everything’ then they go, ‘Well why should we ever pay somebody to make it?’ And you go, ‘No, no, no, that’s not the deal! You’ve still got to pay for the creation of it, but then you can use it afterwards.’ People won’t get that if you make everything available for...
From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?
Society, Politics & Law

From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?

...course – or at least at the surface level they seem to be very different. The period 2014-2019 sees many hundred years anniversaries coming about – many relating to the First World War or to particular events associated with it and its immediate aftermath. The period around WW1 and immediately after was one of far reaching and rapid social, economic and political...
Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...course have gone from the High Street, as has Woolworths which was the original inspiration for British Home Stores. Many independent local department stores have also closed (such as McEwans of Perth). BHS was, in many ways, occupying the same space in consumers’ minds as all these retailers – and even as rivals exited the market it could not trade sufficiently...