The Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on the World's Poorest Countries and The Launch of the In
The UK's Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, will speak on the impact of the global economic downturn on the world's poorest countries. Professor Paul Collier, Oxford University, will be speaking about the latest academic thinking on promoting growth in the world's poorest countries. Professor Robin Burgess, LSE, will present on how the International Growth Centre will support economic growth in developing countries. Gobind Nankani, a Ghanaian native, w
Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis
Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in on February 1, 2006, as Chairman and a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Bernanke also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body. He was appointed as a member of the Board to a full 14-year term, which expires January 31, 2020, and to a four-year term as Chairman, which expires January 31, 2010. Before his appointment as Chairman, Dr. Bernanke was Chairman of the Presid
Tackling Consumer Affairs - Ed Doolan, BBC
Ed Doolan presents BBC WM’s popular consumer affairs programme every weekday from 10am to 1pm and his Biographical series “The Other Side of ….....” which is heard Sundays at 12 noon and Fridays at 8pm. Ed was born in Sydney, Australia on July 20th, 1941. After a ten year career as a school teacher in Sydney, Edinburgh and London, he moved to Cologne, taking his first step into broadcasting with Radio Deutsche Welle, the German World Service, in 1970. From 1974 to 1982 Ed was a presenter
Québec History 1 - 1534 Jacques Cartier
Québec a Nation History (Part 1)<br><br>1534 Jacques Cartier the Explorer<br><br>Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who claimed what is now Québec for France. He was the ...
Producing the Chelsea Flower Show - Karen Arrand
The woman who was responsible for getting the Chelsea Flower Show onto the television for the BBC talks to Coventry Conversations organiser, John Mair.
The Chelsea Flower Show is a vital part of the English summer for those fortunate enough to visit the show but to those who watch it on the small screen, it has to capture the spectacle of the event live for 10 hours each year.
Karen Arrand was the BBC producer responsible for bringing the show into our living rooms in 2000 to 2003.
Karen took
Lecture 19 - 11/29/2010
Lecture 19
Time Changes Everything - Exploring Census Data from the Last Century
In this lesson, students will examine census data from 1915, 1967, and 2006, and then create an illustrated timeline that uses primary source pictures and text from each year of census data to depict change over time and to predict future trends.
Women's Rights Curriculum
Specially put together for 8 March International Women's Day, this package of history and activities can be used year-round to inspire and inform.
Reading sixteenth century French texts
Reading sixteenth century French texts
Collaborative Online Assignments for Final Year Module on Literature
Collaborative Online Assignments for Final Year Module on Literature
Philosophy: Third Year Philosophical Projects
Philosophy: Third Year Philosophical Projects
Modern Languages: History of the French Language
Modern Languages: History of the French Language
Modern Languages: Reflective Writing in Teaching French
Modern Languages: Reflective Writing in Teaching French
Alexa Clemmons, UC San Diego
Meet researcher Alexa Clemmons, part of Socrates Fellow Sarah Burnett's fly genetics activity for Mr. Buse's AP Bio class at Southwest High School, San Diego, CA
Essay Workshop (for first year undergraduates)
Essay Workshop (for first year undergraduates)
Professorial Lecture: Professor Penny Eley - Emotional Archaeology: On the uses of Medieval French L
Professorial Lecture: Professor Penny Eley - Emotional Archaeology: On the uses of Medieval French Literature
French Costume: Declaration de la Grossesse
French Costume: Declaration de la Grossesse
French Costume: Les Precautions
French Costume: Les Precautions
French Costume: J'en Accepte L'Heureux Presage
French Costume: J'en Accepte L'Heureux Presage
French Costume: C'est un Fils, Monsieur!
French Costume: C'est un Fils, Monsieur!
