Lessons in Learning
Are current approaches to education and development fit for purpose? In his inaugural lecture, Professor Simon McGrath argues that current official policies to education and development are over-simplistic and over-ambitious.
After 20 years of work in Africa, he concludes that developing appropriate approaches for a critical dialogue with those in poverty is prefe
Professor Simon McGrath
Economic meltdown for 2008?
Economist Professor Andrew Oswald talks about the chances of an economic recession and what consumers could do if it happens.
A better mind on drugs?
One of the co-inventors of a type of brain improving drug, and leading neuroscientist, Prof Gary Lynch talks about the implications of mind enhancing drugs.
Honour crime and the legal system
Prof Shirin Rai talks about a joint study into how honour crimes are dealt with by the legal systems in India and Pakistan.
White British working class children make the worst progress in secondary school
Dr Steve Strand from the Warwick Institute of Education talks about his report which shows that white British children from working class backgrounds make the least progress compared to other ethnic groups at secondary school.
War in Europe
Professor Wolff is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for International Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution at the School of Politics and International Relations at The University of Nottingham. Emailstefan.wolff@nottingham.ac.uk
n this podcast Professor Stefan Wolff assesses the implications of the recent outbreak of fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia.
Modeling a Changing World
Modeling a Changing World written by mathematics professor Tim Chartier and his student Nick Dovidio presents curricular material in an OSP Launcher package to motivate the need for numerically solving ordinary differential equations. The package discusses such applications as a mass-spring system and its connection to computer simulation for movies. An interactive model that simulates a two-body gravitational model of the moon and earth allows for exploring the topic of numerical error. Other m
Knowledge Economies in China
As China takes its place among the world's richest economies, economic growth in the long run will endure only if innovation and technology capabilities ramp up dramatically. How will this happen? Professor Danny Quah is head of the Department of Economics at LSE.
Helen Adams and Mary Elizabeth Smith
Pomona College students Helen Ransome Adams and Mary Elizabeth Smith stand handing hands and facing each other along a dirt road in Claremont.
Politics in 60 seconds. Corruption
Professor Paul Heywood defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on corruption as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education
Professor Paul Heywood, School of Politics and International Relations
Professor Paul Heywood is Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics. He graduated with an MA in Politics (First Class) fro
Islam, Secularisms and Law across Europe
'The first 3 minutes are missing due to a technical fault.' This lecture will draw on the understandings of Islam and secularism that have been explored in earlier talks to compare recent processes of social and legal adaptation across Europe, with a focus on the contrast between England and France and further comparisons of North American and German legal cases.
Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: assessing the economic rise of China and India
Professor Pranab Bardhan will deliver two lectures on the evening of 4 and 5 May. In this first lecture he will give a broad critical overview of the main achievements and failures in the two giant economies.
Introduction to European politics
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Spring Semester 2009
This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the rationale and key stages of European integration, as well as of the institutions of the European Union and its functioning. Topics covered will include an overview of the History of European integration, key approaches to integration, the main institutions (Council, Commission, Court of Justice, European Parliament
The Ultimate Weapon Is No Weapon: Human Security And The New Rules Of War And Peace.
A panel of speakers explore an idea for stabilising the dangerous neighbourhoods of the world through the implementation of human security ideas. The event celebrates the publication of The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace written by Shannon D Beebe and Professor Mary Kaldor, published by Perseus Books.
Health promotion
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Autumn Semester 2009
The 'Health Promotion' module is one of the core modules taught on the Masters in Public Health which is offered by the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health at The University of Nottingham.
Suitable for study at: Masters level
Dr Puja R Myles, School of Community Health Sciences - Epidemiology and Public Health
Dr. Puja Myles is an Associate Professor of Health Protect
Employment, labour markets, and development
Launch Lecture of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2010. As nations struggle with what they fear will be a "jobless recovery" from the global recession, the report studies how employment can be raised in developing countries and how the participation of the majority of the population in economic growth can be warranted. The report recommends a fundamental change in the assignment of economic policies to allow for growth, inclusion, high employment and monetary stability at the same time.
Lecture 25 - 5/27/2009
Lecture 25
EM Radio: Episode 1: Day of the Dead
EM Radio is a new weekly podcast from the Eiteljorg Musuem. We will explore the West and Native America with special guest artists, performers and museum staff. This week, host Tamara Winfrey Harris talks with the museum's education center manager, Linda Montag-Olson, about Day of the Dead and the celebration at the Eiteljorg Museum.
Episode 9: Wounded Knee
Coming in January the Eiteljorg Museum will explore both incidents at Wounded Knee. It will all culminate with a symposium that will include participants in the 1973 incident at Wounded Knee. This week we talk with Larry Zimmerman, the museum's public scholar of Native American representation. He talks about both incidents at Wounded Knee, their relevance to the American Indian Movement and what it means to us today.
Episode 18: Interview with Kristen Kuntz, Eiteljorg marketing intern
This week, host, Tamara Winfrey Harris talks with Kristen Kuntz. She is interning with the marketing and communications department of the musem and talks about what she likes about the museum.
