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Private Members' Bills

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:50 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Dr Mark Stuart explains the idea of the private members' bill.

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Prime Minister's Questions

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:48 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Professor Philip Cowley explains why the PMQs matter.

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Backbench rebellions

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:47 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Professor Philip Cowley explains the concept of backbench rebellions.

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The Salisbury Convention

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:45 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Dr Mark Stuart explains what the Salisbury Convention means.

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How do MP's Represent?

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:43 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Professor Philip Cowley looks at the question of MPs and representation.

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The Speaker of the House of Commons

Politics in 60 Seconds - Concepts - February 10, 2012 13:40 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Dr Mark Stuart explains the role of the Speaker, and of impartiality in the House of Commons.

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Pavlopetri - City Beneath the Waves

Digging up the past - January 11, 2012 14:41 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 2 ratings
The latest technology helps to "rebuild" the world's oldest submerged city.

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Turning the Pages - Wollaton Antiphonal

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 21, 2011 11:27 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
In this video three of the many people involved in the Turning the Pages project introduce the software and explain how the project works.

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Who is Father Christmas?

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 21, 2011 11:17 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
In this video Dr Alison Milbank reveals exactly who Father Christmas is, and it's far more complicated than we thought!

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An Alternative Christmas Dinner

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 19, 2011 12:03 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
In this video we meet the team at Item Seven, based in the Portland Food Court, who cook up a very special Afro-Caribbean Christmas meal for their loyal staff and student customers: Kat Higgs, Internal Communications Officer, Communications and Marketing Paul Adeleke, Finance, Accounting and M...

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Christmas on a Budget

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 14, 2011 15:20 - 7 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Professor Louise Crewe, from The University of Nottingham, talks about how we can think beyond the monetary value of Christmas and still make it special.

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The Clarion

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 14, 2011 11:59 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Professor Elizabeth Harvey explains what life was like at Christmas in a German Prisoner of War Camp in 1944.

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Christmas in a Nottingham Hospital

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 08, 2011 14:06 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Nottingham Hospitals Radio DJ Kev Castle talks about what Christmas is like for those in the city’s hospitals and the ways in which they ensure that patients and their families still have a good Christmas.

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Winter-Lull

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 08, 2011 14:00 - 49 seconds - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Joshua Blake from the University of Nottingham Poetry society reads 'Winter-Lull' by D H Lawrence.

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The Short-eared Owl

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 08, 2011 13:56 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Dr Robert Lambert, lecturer in Tourism and the Environment at Nottingham University Business School,introduces us to the Short-eared Owl.

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Dig for Victory

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 06, 2011 11:49 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
According to the green-fingered growers at The University of Nottingham's Sutton Bonington Allotment Society, there's no reason why you can't grow your own veg throughout the year -- no matter how small your garden. This video is part of The University of Nottingham's online Advent calendar 2011...

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Operation Christmas Child

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 02, 2011 14:31 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Ruth Kneale from the Counselling Service at The University of Nottingham has been helping with the Operation Christmas Child Samaritan's Purse appeal for nearly 20 years. In this video Ruth talks about the joy the appeal brings to the children who receive the shoeboxes at Christmas time.

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A Winter's Tale

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 02, 2011 14:26 - 55 seconds - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Ruvimbo Chidviza from the University’s Poetry Society brings this poem by D H Lawrence to life.

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Robin Red-breast

Advent Calendar 2011 - December 01, 2011 15:52 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Springwatch executive producer Stephen Moss and The University of Nottingham's Dr Robert Lambert reveal the myths and misunderstandings surrounding our favourite festive bird -- the robin redbreast. This video is part of The University of Nottingham's online Advent calendar 2011.

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Glee for three voices

Advent Calendar 2011 - November 30, 2011 16:42 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★ - 3 ratings
Five music students perform 'Glee for Three Voices', a musical interpretation by John Percy of winter from William Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost.

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Backstage at The New Theatre: Hymns

Backstage at The New Theatre - November 30, 2011 15:47 - 3 minutes - Video
This week it's a very different production from the New Theatre students.

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Backstage at The New Theatre: Bed by Jim Cartwright

Backstage at The New Theatre - November 30, 2011 15:34 - 2 minutes - Video
The students at The New Theatre are in bed this week - Jim Cartwright's to be precise.

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Backstage at The New Theatre: Macbeth

Backstage at The New Theatre - November 30, 2011 15:30 - 2 minutes - Video
This week the students take on the challenge of the Scottish play.

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Backstage at The New Theatre: The Hothouse

Backstage at The New Theatre - November 16, 2011 11:35 - 3 minutes - Video
This week Backstage visits the set of Harold Pinter's The Hothouse.

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Backstage at The New Theatre: Look Back in Anger

Backstage at The New Theatre - November 14, 2011 15:55 - 2 minutes - Video
This week we're backstage on the set of Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne.

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The Nottingham Life Cycle Daily

Alumni - August 25, 2011 09:58 - 2 minutes - Video
Join our team on their fundraising ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. In this, the first of the Nottingham Life Cycle Daily videos, Gavin Scott makes sure they've packed everything.

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Award winning Politics lecturers

Political News - August 22, 2011 09:49 - 2 minutes - Video
In this video we meet Dr Sue Pryce and Dr Gulshan Khan, who have both won teaching awards from the Political Studies Association (PSA).

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Robert Bunsen and his burner

Periodic Table of Videos - August 19, 2011 13:34 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 110 ratings
A short video about the famous man and his legacy.

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Strontium

Periodic Table of Videos - August 19, 2011 13:33 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 110 ratings
A short video about Strontium.

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Alcohol

Periodic Table of Videos - August 19, 2011 13:31 - 7 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 110 ratings
A short video about alcohol