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Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...sang The Clash on ‘Clash City Rockers’, one of their early militant anthems of punk righteousness – Bowie here was a bit of show off – a poseur unconcerned with the real world issues The Clash purported to address in their streetwise, politicized rock. Many of the articles written about Bowie in the aftermath of his death relay familiar narratives: he was...
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Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...sang in Mahler’s 8th symphony under Lenard Bernstein in the Royal Albert Hall. At 15 as an air cadet, he flew to Singapore with the Royal Air Force. He qualified as a glider pilot at 16. He was commissioned as a 2Lt in the British Army Corps of Royal Engineers after attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He completed courses on Systems Behaviour, Industrial...
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Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...circulated over long distances, crossed boundaries and travelled between cultures, with significant consequences for the visual arts. Which brings us to the discussion (which I'll be moderating live between 10-11pm on Thursday 29 March). Join in the discussion by posting a response in the Comments section below. Instead of contrasts or comparisons between artistic...
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Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...circulation computer models, that actually it looks like warming will be less than we thought when we double CO2, we might get away with perhaps 1.25, 1.5o warming, which would actually be quite tolerable? TL: Well, if that were true, we should all celebrate that as a good news story, but the problem is at the moment we’re in, we call it a transient response of the...
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Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...et les pâtes, bien sûr. Lionel Interviewer Qu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ? Lionel J’aime beaucoup la viande, les poissons, le poulet, les … les fruits de mer … Interviewer Vous aimez la cuisine italienne ? Lionel Oui, beaucoup, surtout les spaghetti. Audio 1 Select the answer for Question 1 here All the interviewees like fish. True. False. a. True. b. False....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?

...doubles champions Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of USA with the trophy.] A quick history lessonWimbledon is the oldest event which started in 1877, the US National Championships started in 1881, the French Championships in 1891 and Australian Championships in 1905. In 1968, the latter 3 became ‘Open’ championships when professionals were...
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Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...et al. 2008, p. 121). Double-loop learning is often associated with ‘thinking outside the box’. In other words, creativity and critical thinking are (or should be) a core feature of this approach. Triple-loop learning is frequently seen as learning how to learn, primarily by reflection on the learning process. It is also sometimes referred to as double, double -loop...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...et cuturel - Le roman policier moderne trouve ses origines dans le roman d’aventures qui apparaît en France, en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis au milieu du XIXe siècle. Il devient un sous-genre distinct peu de temps après. Pourquoi ces formes littéraires se sont-elles développées à ce moment et dans ces pays ? Pour répondre à ces questions, nous allons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs