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Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...world can be reconstructed from considering regions and places mentioned by contemporary authors. Understand how the geography of the area has changed, and consider how the re-telling of stories leads to the writing of history...Changing places and re-telling stories: Battle of Thermopylae In this introductory activity, we suggest you take a look at the Hestia project map...
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...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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...
The Real Wonder Women
Society, Politics & Law

The Real Wonder Women

...world's most influential and pioneering women and the impact they made over 100 years...The women portrayed in this interactive are just a selection of influential, pioneering and successful women from across the world. They were chosen for their remarkable contributions to their field, despite their educational, social and economic status. Many were trailblazers for...
Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...World War in Europe to an end. But all feared that war with Japan would drag on and on. Behind the scenes, the US had been working on a secret weapon – the most powerful ever devised – and by August 1945… it was no longer such a secret. These films explore A-Bomb in Pop Culture or: How The West Has Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the...
Showing the way they went
Science, Maths & Technology

Showing the way they went

...world flights. Learn how journeys are monitored and measured, and discover how pilots merge mathematics and geography while high above the ground. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics... Showing the way they went A short introduction to this album. A hot air balloon journey An insight into the planning that goes into a hot air balloon journey and...
International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

International Relations

...world's leading experts on international relations explore what determines how states and their agents behave in a globalised world and the different theories and analyses that have been developed to make sense of today's international system... Structural Realism Professor John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago discusses Structural Realism Liberal Theory...
The Commonwealth collection
Society, Politics & Law

The Commonwealth collection

As the Commonwealth Games take centre stage, explore a world of learning with our curated collection of free courses, articles, and videos across the Commonwealth.