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The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...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 are made along the way. It addresses questions like: Why do films fail? Why are intellectual property and copyright important? Why do films get public...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...concept of “traveling memories.” A specific feature of “transcultural memory,” which is “a certain research perspective… directed towards mnemonic processes unfolding across and beyond cultures”, it draws on James Clifford’s concept of “traveling cultures” to describe how memory processes are always in flux and transgress boundaries of time and space....
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Article 15 mins
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...concepts of ownership (e.g. intellectual property rights, copyright, privacy rights). Many distance learning systems do not provide adequate feedback on these topics, or offer sufficient control over rights (Preece, 2000; Bellotti and Sellen, 1993; Adams and Blandford, 2005). Although some usability issues only relate to specific online settings, others are more...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...concepts of ‘acts of citizenship’ and ‘activist citizenship’ explain why European citizenship is said to be ‘derivative’ citizenship discuss the limits around thinking of citizenship as a status, and of thinking of citizenship from the perspective of those who already hold it understand how citizenship can be seen differently by asking ‘how do people do...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...concept of identity. Bowie’s exploration of feelings of estrangement and his embodiment of alien creatures from the outer cosmos speak to all of us who, for many different reasons, may experience feelings of difference and dislocation. As a child of immigrants and as someone who grew up and lived in many different countries with different cultures, at times I have felt...
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Article 5 mins
Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...concept of focalisation: what does the author dwell on in his or her narrative and what does he or she leave out? The next step is to compare the features of the text with other literary sources: how are the author’s language, subject matter and emphases distinct? To what extent is the work typical or atypical of its genre? Lastly: does the author have an identifiable...
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Article 5 mins
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...concepts. Yes, our education system must teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics to students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds...
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Article 5 mins
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...concepts of journalism. All attention, driven by Fox, had been on so-called Benghazi and email scandals, blown up out of proportion, conveniently ruling out a clear focus on the major policy issues confronting the US. Most Americans would have been unable to name any Democratic candidates other than Hillary Clinton and possibly Bernie Sanders, whereas they would have been...
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Article 5 mins