What is the Secret of Poetry?
Professor David Morley welcomes you to the first Poetry Challenge "in which we plunge into the woods of poetry weaving magical tales behind us, and leave before dawn with our poems gathered in our arms."
Sky Candles and Whale Roads
Professor David Morley presents the second Poetry Challenge "in which we light up language and warm our minds before a fire of words." This episode is all about magical ways to shape language and poems.
Mirrors to Nature
Professor David Morley's third Poetry Challenge "in which we begin listening more clearly to the poet in ourselves." "Where is the truth of the self? Is it located in the observer or the observed, or in the act of observation or the act of observing?".
What is Important is More Important than the Important
Professor David Morley presents the fourth Poetry Challenge "in which we plunge into the woods of poetry, make up magical tales and songs, and leave before dawn with our poems in baskets."
The Inner Truth of Tomatoes
Professor David Morley presents the 5th Poetry Challenge. This episode is about finding subjects for your poems, challenging you to "break out of the usual poetic subjects and make something new from something that is defiantly and wonderfully unpoetic".
The Water Measurer
Professor David Morley presents the sixth Poetry Challenge "in which we splash about in nouns before going deeper and learning to swim with verbs".
Playing Tennis with the Nets Down
Professor David Morley presents the seventh Poetry Challenge "in which we play with language and make it into toys and little machines called poems".
Finger Counting in the Dark
Professor David Morley presents the eighth Poetry Challenge "in which we play, very seriously, with language". This episode is a two for the price of one podcast about writing poems using syllabics and subverting forms of poetry.
On Titles, Sequences and Collections
Professor David Morley presents the ninth Poetry Challenge in which we explore titles, sequences and collections.
Volcano and Diamonds
Professor David Morley presents the tenth Poetry Challenge- "Volcano and Diamonds" - "about you becoming a kind of poetry volcano blasting out lots of rubbish but also a few diamonds".
Episode 3
In this episode we'll be meeting the author of a book investigating the North East's involvement with the slave trade, finding out about the life of Sunderland's controversial railway king, and hearing about a unique exhibition exploring the history of mental health in the North East.
Metamemory: How Does the Brain Predict Itself?
Dr. Alfred W. Kaszniak, Professor and Head, Psychology, presented on March 30, 2010, as the fifth lecture in the University of Arizona College of Science Mind and Body Lecture Series. Dr. Kaszniak's research program is aimed at increasing our understanding of human brain systems involved in both cognition and emotion.
Our brains recreate past experience, monitor recall efforts, and predict our chances of remembering things in the future. The knowledge we each possess about our own memory, and
Metamemory: How Does the Brain Predict Itself?
Dr. Alfred W. Kaszniak, Professor and Head, Psychology, presented on March 30, 2010, as the fifth lecture in the University of Arizona College of Science Mind and Body Lecture Series. Dr. Kaszniak's research program is aimed at increasing our understanding of human brain systems involved in both cognition and emotion.
Our brains recreate past experience, monitor recall efforts, and predict our chances of remembering things in the future. The knowledge we each possess about our own memory, and
Cambridge Ideas - Vanishing Voices
Of the world's 6,500 living languages, half will cease to be spoken by the end of this century. Dr Mark Turin, director of the World Oral Literature Project, has spent much of his life travelling to remote corners of the Himalayas to study languages and cultures that are at risk and document them before they disappear without record.
Cambridge Ideas - Vanishing Voices
Of the world's 6,500 living languages, half will cease to be spoken by the end of this century. Dr Mark Turin, director of the World Oral Literature Project, has spent much of his life travelling to remote corners of the Himalayas to study languages and cultures that are at risk and document them before they disappear without record.
Graduation Daily 2010: Faculty of Health & Leslie Silver International Faculty - Tuesday 20th July
Today sees students graduating from two of our faculties here at Leeds Met, Leslie Silver International Faculty and the Faculty of Health.
Graduations 2010: Faculty of Health - 1100 Ceremony
This is the 11am ceremony, held on Tuesday 20 July 2010 in our Graduation marquee for the Faculty of Health.
Graduands were joined by their families and friends as they celebrated their achievements. Families of our International students were able to watch our ceremonies live via our website.
For more information on the Faculty and their Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses go to http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/health
For a permanent record of this year's ceremonies please visit our merchandise
Graduations 2010: Faculty of Health - 1100 Ceremony
This is the 11am ceremony, held on Tuesday 20 July 2010 in our Graduation marquee for the Faculty of Health.
Graduands were joined by their families and friends as they celebrated their achievements. Families of our International students were able to watch our ceremonies live via our website.
For more information on the Faculty and their Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses go to http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/health
For a permanent record of this year's ceremonies please visit our merchandise
