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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...family We’re going to listen to two women talking about their families. The first woman is from Spain and the second woman is from Colombia. Describing places We’re going to listen to Francisco, a Mexican man, talking about two cities: Jalapa and Veracruz. Comparing places We’re going to listen to Francisco again. This time he compares the two cities of Jalapa and...
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Audio 35 mins
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...history painting’ (as it is generally known) constituted by far the most prestigious genre of painting for two principal reasons. First, it was considered to be far more demanding than the so-called lower genres (portraiture, landscape, still life, etc.): not only did the history painter have to work out a large-scale composition involving the human figure, but he was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...family residential treatment unit with their young son. There are a range of challenges and dilemmas for both social workers and other professionals when working with families where there is problematic substance misuse affecting the lives of children. Balancing and assessing risks, needs, vulnerabilities and rights There are key dilemmas in supporting parents with...
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Video 10 mins
Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...family home and land where he cultivated shrimp was inundated by seawater. The family was forced to move to Shyamnagar, 15 kilometres away, where he found temporary work while the water retreated. When he returned after 4 months the saltwater had left his field unsuitable for raising shrimp, effectively ending the basis of his family’s survival. 190 people are estimated...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...family. If you don't see people, you don't know how they are. I can't support them. That contact's important. It's two-way. And it's about-- encouragement to attend things can be the hardest part, actually helping people to get to the things. Because they might be feeling low or they don't feel they want to get up or they might feel, oh, I don't want to ask for help. So...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...History Unit talks about the experience of live broadcasting natural history content, as well as audiences craving the countryside in their homes, and how the NHU archival footage could be used to document the changing state of the UK's natural heritage...James Smith James began his career as the environment news editor on BBC Wildlife Magazine before he moved into...
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Video 30 mins
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...family live. The novel has no main character; instead interest is diffused among generations of that family: Old Bartholomew, his sister Mrs Swithin, his son Giles, Giles’s wife Isabella and their small son George. The family’s servants, their visitors, Mrs Manresa, her friend William Dodge as well as numerous characters who live in the village all appear in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Digging up Spain's dead
Society, Politics & Law

Digging up Spain's dead

...families were devasted when loved ones were killed by the Franco regime, as they try to find their relatives' remains. Perspective: Digging up Spain's dead For decades, silence has surrounded the civil war and General Franco's dictatorship - but now Spain is starting to confront its past. Dr Georgina Blakeley is joined by Professor Paul Preston and Emilio Silva to explore...
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Video 15 mins