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National Poetry Day
History & The Arts

National Poetry Day

Get your quills at the ready and your thesaurus on standby for this collection of content exploring the magical world of poetry on National Poetry Day...[A poem] Visit the official website of National Poetry Day.
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...World War. He studied Classics at Oxford in 1923, and later became a lawyer where he became involved in international affairs. Vickers is regarded as a systems practitioner rather than an academic. He introduced many of the basic systems thinking terms, and derived the concept of appreciative systems to describe human activity. He recognized that appreciation of systems...
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Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...world that we work in. How I got started Originally I went to Brighton University, I trained in graphic design. I always knew I wanted to work in television in some way, but I wasn’t quite sure what way and then I saw that there was a traineeship at the BBC for a creative, making trailers, making branding and idents and things. I thought, ‘Right, I’m just going to...
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Video 30 mins
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...world. You'll use a variety of disciplines in the course such as demography, health studies, sociology, comparative social policy, history, political science and economics. This interdisciplinary nature brings different perspectives together to create fresh insights and provide a bridge for different ideas to feed into social and political change. Towards the end of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
My career goal: Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: Engineering

...world...Practical video materials Bending moments diagram: Other beam theory examples: Transcript Explanation of static equilibrium [iLectureOnline video]: Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video...
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Article 20 mins
Crime fiction
Languages

Crime fiction

...world of crime fiction with The Open University, a world leader in distance learning. Discover free courses, articles, video and audio resources, and interactive activities, free to study and available to start right away...Find out about The Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Crime fiction is the best-selling literary genre in Great Britain...
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Article 5 mins
Identity In Question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identity In Question

...World Two clinical workers offer personal views of their understanding of the 'Inner World' within the context of Kleinian thought. Ethics and Psychoanalysis The ethical dimensions of psychoanalysis and its relationship to wider cultural forms. Individual, Person and Self The distinctions between the concepts of Individual, Person and Self Legal Personality Exploring the...
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Audio 54 mins
The Four Generations of Computers
Science, Maths & Technology

The Four Generations of Computers

...world's first electronic computer (launched in 1944), and finishing with the BBC Micro (launched in 1981) and Fourth Generation Computers, looking at how technology changed throughout these years. Visiting locations such as The National Museum of Computing in Milton Keynes and The Centre for Computing History in Haverhill, we see an array of fascinating machines and learn...
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