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Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...determined to help you make a good show on frogs. So I think, in answer to your question, the programme that interested me most included the particular species that interested me most, was the one on frogs. Why I left the BBC Well I’d done my time, I think, I had 25 years and I’d done the big series, I’d done one-offs like Natural World, I was involved with that...
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...determines the form of the article (‘a’ and ‘the’ in English) that you use with them and the form of the adjectives that describe them. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine: un aperitivo an aperitif uno spuntino a snack Nouns ending in -a are usually feminine: una birra a beer un’aranciata an orangeade Nouns ending in -e are not so easy: some are masculine...
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...determined to demolish every single slum and with them the "No Mean City" imagery. But unfortunately, towards the end of the 1960s, the pre-war imagery of violence burst into flame again. The issue was gang warfare in the Easterhouse housing scheme - or perhaps we should say 'alleged gang warfare'. What happened was that when these vast working-class schemes were built on...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...determine the stresses under load on the gears in a gearbox by a formula including loads, tooth profile and material properties. A computer model of a gearbox might just encode the mathematical formulae but it might also be used to simulate performance where simple formulae do not apply. Computer models might thus take the form of graphic images or, alternatively highly...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...determine who has the most influence in the journey a film takes from idea to screen: who has the most power...Week 1: The value of film: 3.4 Who has the power? - There are lots of different players in the film industry, and you’ll learn about a lot of them during this course. So who’s in charge? Who has the ability to get things done? [Described image] Figure 8 The...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...determine the future, we should first try to imagine how it could be. Activity 1 Imagining an engineered world Timing: Take 10 minutes to imagine a future. What climate change challenges do you imagine we are facing? What technologies and processes will we be using to minimise the impact? (Be bold in your ideas!) It is important we can imagine ourselves in the future...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...determine which skills you want to improve the most. This may help you in prioritising the goals you recorded at the start of this activity, in which case feel free to return to that page (Activity 2) and amend them. In the Spotlight Join Georgi in this video as she discusses the importance of certain skills in her sporting journey. Consider how these very skills, which...
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...determine) each member’s behaviour and his/her interpretations of the “meaning” of other people’s behaviour.’ (Spencer-Oatey, 2008 ) Helen Spencer-Oatey is a highly influential scholar in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communication. She is based in the United Kingdom and has published books on intercultural politeness, global leadership and intercultural...