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Carnival and the performance of heritage
History & The Arts

Carnival and the performance of heritage

...introduction to this album. Notting Hill Carnival: history The development of Notting Hill Carnival from Britain's recruitment of Carribean workers in the 1940's to the present day. Notting Hill Carnival: challenges How can Notting Hill Carnival be managed as a mass tourism event without compromising artistic integrity or losing touch with its roots? Notting Hill...
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Audio 1 hr 48 mins
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...project explores the BBC archives of environment themed television and radio programmes from the last 70 years, looking at the potential of these archives as a digital resource as well as to illustrate the potential of digital broadcast archives for researchers...[Red, Blue and Green Planet Earth's overlapping with the text 'Earth in Vision' in white across the front. ]...
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Article 5 mins
Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...projects of mutual interest. Indeed, many grant funding schemes for research and development projects expect there to be a consortium of partner organisations, including universities on any bid proposal. I myself have been involved in such projects a number of times. One of the most recent projects I worked on, an international development project funded by UK Aid ......
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...project that explored race and policing. The comparative project examined the legal frameworks in the UK and the US and traced the historical parallels and important differences between the legal developments in both countries. The project was launched in part as a response to the death of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, which further highlighted the issue of...
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Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...Project Ben Van Beurden interview Key RH: Roger Harrabin = Interviewer BVB: Ben Van Beurden CEO Shell = Participant RH: I’m with Ben Van Beurden, CEO of Shell and we’re sitting in his office on the something very high floor in Waterloo with a spectacular view over the river and The Eye and right over London to Wembley and Hampstead. Ben Van Beurden, thanks for...
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Audio 5 mins
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...project: a European Commission funded research programme being conducted by The Open University and other partners. The project is using leading edge physiological sensors and computer game technologies to explore the impact of emotions on financial decision-making and to develop new approaches to learning, which can support effective choices. In this podcast Professor...
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Audio 19 mins
Everyday maths video: "Coming back to maths"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "Coming back to maths"

Is something stopping you from learning maths? Can you do something about it? Watch this video for our introduction to maths anxiety...Click here to download the transcript
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...manager. In 2019 the League Cup winning team featured just two Englishmen and was managed by former Spanish international, Pep Guardiola. Table 1 shows the nationalities of the players of the two successful teams and highlights the global composition of Manchester City’s team in 2019, a group of players drawn from countries across Europe and South America. Table 1:...
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