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Form and uses of language - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoIn this unit we will consider how language can be used in different ways for different purposes. To do this we will use the theme of memorial and commemoration. In the first section we briefly disc...
Social Problems: who makes them? - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoAnti-social behaviour, homelessness, drugs, mental illness: all problems in today’s society. But what makes a problem social? This unit will help you to discover how these issues are identified, de...
Welfare reconstruction - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThis unit examines the approach adopted by Tony Blair and New Labour to welfare reconstruction in the United Kingdom. Using extracts from speeches made by Tony Blair, you will listen to a discussio...
Racial violence: European perspectives - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It wa...
Themes in discourse research: the case of Diana - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThis unit introduces some of the main themes and issues in discourse research using Martin Bashir's famous interview with Diana, Princess of Wales as a case study. Through this it examines the role...
Getting started on Classical Greek - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 17 ratingsThe aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Classical Greek. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Greek before and who felt they would...
Identity in question - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWhy is identity important and how are identities formed? This unit looks at the many different ways in which identity can be categorised. By examining the requirements of the state, how a child vie...
Getting started on Classical Latin - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 85 ratingsLatin is the basis for many languages in the world. This unit will provide you with a general introduction to learning Latin allowing you to assess whether you would like to learn more. You will lo...
Why maps are made - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoCars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This unit looks at how we read and e...
Caring in hospitals - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThis unit considers the type of care offered in hospitals, using Leeds General Hospital as a case study. The unit looks at the people who have roles within the hospital, how they interact with each...
Life stories - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThis unit examines life stories. It looks at the way in which objects, trends, cultures or disabilities may contribute to a person's identity. This unit also considers the contribution that our own...
Meeting minority needs - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThis unit will help you understand how it is possible to meet the needs of a particular minority community: the Chinese who live in Northern Ireland. The audio file outlines some of the problems th...
Parenting - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago“I blame the parents!” How often is that phrase used to explain the ills of society and is it valid? This material will consider how important is quality parenting, who judges it, and is its provis...
Becoming a critical social work practitioner - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWhat does it take to become a critical practitioner in social work? This unit will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ‘critical perspectives’ will help you take a positi...
Evolution through natural selection - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this unit, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or...
Meiosis and mitosis - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis Unit looks at how units if inheritance are transmitted from one generation to the next. First you will look at what happens to the chromosones of animals and plants during the process of sexua...
Water for life - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoAtoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this unit you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work togeth...
Sport media and culture: Who's calling the shots? - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThe media play a huge part in sport; we find out what’s happening, how our team is doing and it creates great sporting moments and sports celebrities and stars. This unit looks at the role played ...
Studying mammals: food for thought - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWho were our ancestors? How are apes and humans related? And where does the extinct Homo erectus fit into the puzzle? In this unit we will examine culture, tool use and social structure in both ape...
Nationalism, self-determination and secession - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWhat makes a ‘nation’ and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This unit will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nation...
Studying mammals: return to the water - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsSome of the most unusual and versatile of all the mammals are the groups that live, feed and reproduce underwater. In this unit we will see how these formerly land-based mammals adapted to a return...
Studying mammals: life in the trees - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDavid Attenborough looks at ‘life in the trees’: examining how species have evolved to cope with arboreal living. You will learn how lemurs, anteaters, bears and many others have developed differen...
Retiring lives? Old age, work and welfare - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsRetirement, pensions, care homes – old age may not be as rosy as we think. This unit looks at old age taking us from the Workhouse to the basic state pension. Why are people expected to stop work a...
Describing motion along a line - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoMotion is vital to life, and to science. This unit will help you to understand why classical motion is probably the most fundamental part of physics. You will examine motion along a line and the wa...
Understanding dyslexia - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsDyslexia is a condition affecting literacy skills. This unit analyses how our image of normality affects the way we as a society define such conditions. You will learn how important it is to integr...
Psychology in the 21st century - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPsychology is not a simple subject. This unit examines how different aspects of human behaviour provide the focus for different psychologists. Using learning as an example, you will discover how ma...
BSE and vCJD: their biology and management - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThe furore surrounding the so-called ‘mad cow’ diseases is an important and controversial episode of recent years. Although it peaked several years ago, the topic is still of great medical signific...
Energy resources: tidal energy - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoThe rise and fall of ocean tides result from the combined gravitational pull on water by the Moon and, to a lesser extent, bu the Sun, which exerts a force on water directed towards the two astrono...
Energy resources: alternative energy in perspective - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAlternative energy sources are seen by many people as potential solutions to the many economic and environmental challenges posed by the current dominance of world energy supply by fossil and nucle...
Water use and the water cycle - for iBooks
1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years agoWater is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sus...
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