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How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...think you have suddenly discovered a much better story, don’t hesitate to call the editor and propose the change – they might be happy to consider a new angle. One pitch for one publication Don’t pitch the same idea to multiple publications at the same time. Editors will be annoyed if they see the same idea in a rival publication. Language Don’t pitch a story in a...
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...think Dundee felt the loss of Timex, and of other industries deeply. There’s no industry in Dundee left now. I_t was a big loss when these factories started closing especially for the younger generation. When I was young if you left school and didn’t have qualifications, you knew you would be able to walk into a factory job. These days there’s nothing and I feel...
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...think, ‘Well we haven’t got the beaver doing that particular activity.’ So to complete the sequence of an animal behaviour, ‘Who else has shot it that we can integrate that sequence and that footage into the clip?’ That is actually more… that was kind of almost like a niche within a niche, that was part of the kind of… And often producers would do that...
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...think they would have done better to have said: Development management can be seen both as a form of intervention and as a process of interaction and discovery. Development management has emerged and is practised around the idea of ‘intervention’: what development managers do is ‘intervene’. It makes sense to acknowledge and work with that understanding. In making...
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...systems with control mechanisms different from, or with the ability to override, those which operate in the seasons when the animal is euthermic; biochemical and cellular control mechanisms capable of protecting tissues against damage, and compensating for energetic and metabolic disadvantages which are manifested at low body temperatures. The terminology used to describe...
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...think carefully about how freedom is restricted by our place in society and how it can vary from state to state...What defines individual freedom in a civilised society? Philosophers have argued over such questions for centuries. This free course, Two concepts of freedom, looks at a positive and a negative concept of freedom, asking you to think carefully about how...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...system. One such bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), has various strains, most of which are non-pathogenic and exist in human and animal intestines in a symbiotic relationship, making substances needed by humans and animals. The presence of E. coli in river water is therefore a useful indication of faecal pollution. The coliform count (the number of coliform bacteria,...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...think those with Eurocentric views might regard cloth-making? Theme 2: Tradition and modernity Western stereotypical views of traditional art practices in ‘other’ cultures have tended to see these as sterile and static art forms. How is this view challenged by the video? Theme 3: Gender and values How would you interpret the significance of women’s participation in...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs