Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon is a love story told through the eyes of Jimmy, an ex-RAF Gunner and his carer David. William reflects candidly on the real life influences of his father on the story, himself a navigator on bombing raids over Germany during World War II.
Acclaimed writer William Ivory talks about his new play at the Lakeside Arts Centre: 'Bomber's Moon'.
A portrait of Alan Sillitoe
The famous Nottingham author recently passed away at the age of 82. His most famous work was the novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.'
In this video Dr Sellman explains how he came to meet the great writer and how the idea for the portrait came about.
In this video Dr Edward Sellman, a lecturer in Education, talks about meeting and painting the late Alan Sillitoe.
Gordon Brown's election pledges
Visiting the University's Jubilee Campus on Saturday, March 27th, Gordon Brown pledged to secure the nation's economic recovery, raise family living standards, build a high-tech knowledge economy, protect frontline services and strengthen fairness in communities.
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In this video Professor Paul Heywood analyses the Labour Party's election pledges, announced by Gordon Brown at a recent visit to The University of Nottingham.
10 things I hate about you
Before the election Professor Philip Cowley predicted ten things he would hate about the election's coverage in the media.
In this podcast he goes back to see what he got right, and what he got wrong.
Professor Cowley is Professor of Parliamentary Government in the School of Politics and International Relations.
Honorary Graduates 2010: Prof Martin Daunton
In this interview historian Professor Martin Daunton shares his experience of his honorary degree from the University.Professor Daunton is a leading historian of modern Britain, and is credited with having bridged the divide between economics and history in his writing and teaching.
Politics in 60 Seconds: Parliamentary whips
In this podcast Professor Philip Cowley takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his concept Parliamentary whips.
Constitution Day
Get to know the Constitution: a document whose genius lies in its malleability. Historian and author Pauline Maier talks ratification.
Interview with Anthony Garcia, Pascua Yaqui Jeweler
Yaqui silversmith and jeweler Anthony Garcia talks about his work and its inspiration.
Tornado Documentary Part 4/4
Learn about Tornadoes! How do they form? Where to they affect? What can you do to prepare?Â
Tornado Documentary Part 3/4
Learn about Tornadoes! How do they form? Where to they affect? What can you do to prepare?
Episode 109: The Witch Depicted: Images and iconography in early modern times Historian Prof Charles Zika explains the social and religious manipulations behind 15th and 16th century European images of witches and witchcraft, and how this contrasts with our contemporary visual representation of witches. With host Jennifer Cook. Texas A&M 2010 Freshman Convocation Faculty Speaker ModCloth Sr. Software Architect Jay Palat John Covach: Are Tribute Bands Rock Music's Future? IGC Growth Week 2010 - Mobile Phones for Development Socrates Mailbox - Rapport de Synthèse Un questionnaire dynamique pour le suivi et l'analyse de l'activité et des productions d'élèves e Innovation North Research Conference 2006 Alan Dix Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa 21 - Other bad aspects of death, Part II
http://freshmanconvocation.tamu.edu/speakers/ Keynote Address speaker: Deborah Thomas, Associate Professor of Oceanography
The popular indie fashion site ModCloth - http://www.modcloth.com - was started by Carnegie Mellon alumni while they were students at the university. Jay Palat (HNZ'04), Senior Software Architect for ModCloth, talks about how his Carnegie Mellon and Heinz College education impacts his role at the company.
For more, visit: http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2009/spring/modern-day-thrifter.shtml
Professor John Covach explains how tribute bands play an important role in preserving rock's musical legacy. Covach is the author of the widely used textbook What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History and chair of the music department at the University of Rochester. He is often quoted in the press on history of rock and roll, popular music and The Beatles.
This is an overview of Professor Cusumano's new book Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World|, prepared for the 2009 Oxford Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies. The focus is on how managers can tackle the simultaneous challenge of "innovation and commoditization" in markets often subject to unpredictable change and disruption. Professor Cusumano positions each principle against other concepts associated with 'best practices' and comp
Le projet Mailbox (1996-1998) est un projet d’observation sur deux ans qui s'est déroulé dans le cadre du sousprogramme
Enseignement Ouvert et à Distance — Open and Distance Learning (EOD-ODL) du Programme
SOCRATES de la Direction Générale XXII de la Commission européenne. Lancé en septembre 1996 ce projet a
pour objectif d’étudier par une approche ethnographique l’utilisation des systèmes de communication
électronique dans l'enseignement primaire et secondaire. Dix-sept école
L'argumentation des réponses fournies par l'apprenant est-elle riche de sens pour aider à 'établissement d'un diagnostic sur ses connaissances ? L'activité de simulation faite par les élèves peut-elle être un élément déstabilisateur de conceptions ? Une remédiation peut-elle s'opérer par le biais d'un scénario pédagogique? Autant de questions auxquelles nous tenterons de répondre dans cet article.
Keynote speaker Professor Alan Dix from Lancaster University talks about understanding how people use things leads to better design, better systems, and increased usability
Peter McDonald talks with Oliver Lewis about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa
Further bad aspects of death are considered, including ubiquity, or the fact that death may occur at any time and strike anyone. Professor Kagan invites students to contemplate the possibility of death-free time periods, vacation spots, and activities. Then there is consideration of the value of the human condition, which consists of life, followed by death. Finally, the question is raised as to whether it could be appropriate to refuse to face the facts about our mortality. Professor Kagan dist
