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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...worked on a wide range of the department’s programmes, including the BAFTA award-winning ‘The Really Wild Show’, ‘Wildlife on One’, ‘The Natural World’ and the innovative ‘Reefwatch’, where he was one of the team that developed the first live broadcasting from beneath the sea. Alastair went on to work on the BBC1 series ‘The Trials of Life’ with Sir...
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Video 15 mins
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...working remotely. “You get fewer visual clues as to what’s going on, even with a video link,” said Miles. Then there’s the tedium. Crisis talks in New York might be gripping, but the average politician, never mind the average technical expert on marine regulations, isn’t likely to induce rapt attention for hours on end. The audience may slumber, but the...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...social beings, a sense of identity plays an important role in our relations – and in our own happiness. But identity doesn’t have to be narrowly human. In an essay looking at the groups that exist on the edge of conventional boundaries, and are often subject to prurience and ridicule, Pedro Feijó considers those who feel different, other than human. In May thousands...
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Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes

...social inclusion that signified the brutalist project originally. Brutalism was meant to convey memorability of image, expression of structure and honesty to materials. That did not stop it from becoming code for ‘1960s ugly’ as water stains spread, rust leached from steel reinforcing bars, and concrete crumbled. Much of brutalism’s poor reputation today is just a...
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Video 25 mins
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...works. It has been created with Pinewood Studios – the leading provider of studio services to the global screen-based industries. Using the value chain concept and film case studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...social media accounts where he had posted photos of himself attending an anti-government rally and speaking openly against the Workers’ Party (the party of Dilma and Lula). A preliminary ruling by Brazil's Supreme Court has frozen Lula's nomination. A final decision on his appointment is expected next week. Dilma Rouseff hasn’t been officially implicated in Operation...
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What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...work on the sport and fitness qualification. This hub was launched in October 2024 to support the Sport and Fitness Conference ‘Embedding Children’s Rights into Sport and Fitness’. It brings together existing content that is still relevant today and will be continually added to, reflecting new research and developments in sport and fitness. Who is it for? The hub is...
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Social Research Institute, Dublin, the Michael Otto Professor of Sustainability and Global Change at Hamburg University and an Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has had visiting appointments at the Canadian Centre for Climate Research, University of Victoria, British Colombia, at the Centre...
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