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Brass Instruments
History & The Arts

Brass Instruments

Technology and music have been closely associated since the very first musical instruments were constructed, and in the 19th century an explosion of invention revolutionised the way brass instruments could be played. The 14 video tracks on this album introduce the basic acoustical principles of brass instruments and how technical developments have affected the way they...
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Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys
Society, Politics & Law

Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys

...educate participants about a relatively unknow phenomenon: citizenship-by-investment programmes, whereby the wealthy could effectively ‘purchase citizenship’ by virtue of their investment in a particular country. In educating participants on the variety of citizenship-by-investment programmes, the installation was also meant to challenge our understandings of...
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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...education (with some stops in between). This movement means you learn a great deal. Statistics in Social Services covers areas such as how many children are in care. Where are they? Are any regions giving rise to unusually high instances of referrals? How often are community service orders used and do offenders re-offend? My own passion was education, and so I worked in...
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Article 10 mins
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...technologies for communicating with the dead were blended together with Western communication technologies. Once posed in this way, the question about action became one of agency and power rather than one of rationality. This was of a piece with my main point which was to argue that scientific-anthropological knowledge about Cargo cults gained much of its currency and...
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Video 20 mins
How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...technology for monitoring songbird populations. Although the method currently has some pitfalls, it has the potential to become an important scientific tool. Surveying bird populations is crucial for environmental management, but it is inherently challenging. Some types of terrain are difficult to access, and human observers introduce the element of human bias. The use of...
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Article 5 mins
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...education, the government will fund 1,000 new PhDs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The budget also confirmed the terms of doctoral loans of up to £25,000 each for doctoral study, and maintenance loans for part-time undergraduates. Welfare Donald Hirsch, Director, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University Cuts in welfare were at...
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Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...technological experiment. In our world of finite resources and massive over-consumption, “breathing” walls, earth-shelters, composting toilets, "living machines" to deal with wastewater – are just some of the technologies which we may all have to get used to. These eco-communities are all breaking new ground by demonstrating how implementation of innovative...
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How does an MRI scanner work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does an MRI scanner work?

...technology plays in modern medicine...MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners are one of the most advanced diagnostic tools in use today. They are used to create detailed images of the inside of the human body - without the need for surgery or X-rays. In this video, experts at Neath Port Talbot College’s Academy of Sports explain how MRI technology works, how it helps...
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