Warwick joins the Santander Universities network
The University of Warwick and Abbey National plc, Banco Santander's UK subsidiary, have signed an agreement that will provide scholarships for overseas students, support the Institute of Advanced Study and the University's work with its local community.
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
This three minute video gives insights into how the earthquake resulted in more scientific methods to study such events. Excellent graphics. Good for understanding this topic and the importance of being prepared. 02:59 run time
Proportionality and the Laws of War: Conflicting Interpretations
Prof. Thomas Hurka, Prof. Henry Shue, and Dr. David Rodin debate conflicting interpretations of proportionality and their relation to the laws of war.
21W.765J Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice (MIT)
This course explores the properties of non-linear, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives as they have evolved from print to digital media. Works covered in this course range from the Talmud, classics of non-linear novels, experimental literature, early sound and film experiments to recent multi-linear and interactive films and games. The study of the structural properties of narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time, space, and of storyl
OSU Trivia Game Question 4
This is one part of the Oregon State University Trivia Game. To play along you just have to click the answer you think is correct. You have two minutes and thirty seconds to answer each question. Click here to start the game over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2X_DDS9AI
OSU Trivia Game Question 4a
This is one part of the Oregon State University Trivia Game. To play along you just have to click the answer you think is correct. You have two minutes and thirty seconds to answer each question. Click here to start the game over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2X_DDS9AI
OSU Trivia Game Bonus Round
Thanks a lot for playing the OSU Trivia Game. To get a free t-shirt all you have to do is upload a video response or comment on this video with a link to your response. Click here to start the game over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2X_DDS9AI
How and When to Negotiate a Strong StartUp Package
This is a conversion of a presentation given at the Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position Workshop given on October 14-16, 2007.
100 Famous Jews
A fast paced, heavy metal music in the background, collection of famous Jews in history and in show business. A good video to show students who think that people of a religion are all the same.
Lecture 27 - 11/24/2010
Lecture 27
Windows on war : Soviet posters 1943-1945
See the largest collection of Russian WWII propaganda posters outside the former Soviet Union in this video with Professor Cynthia Marsh
April 2009
Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education
Professor Cynthia Marsh, Professor of Russian Drama and Literature, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
Professor Cynthia Marsh began the study of Russian after leaving school, by taking an intensive course to A-level at the then Holborn College of Law, Languages and Commerce, in Ce
User-generated content : archeologies, economies and ecologies
In this presentation from the Institute of Film and Television Studies' Ephemeral Media workshops, Professor Jon Dovey (UWE) presents his research into user-generated content.
PLEASE NOTE: The presntation begins with a five minute video clip - keynote begins thereafter.
Presentation produced/delivered: June/July 2009
Suitable for: Undergraduate study and community education
Author and Presenter: Professor Jon Dovey, University of the West of England
Jon has recently been appointed to the
Understanding contemporary society
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society.
Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can na
Transitions : figures in space
In this video Dr Edward Sellman talks about his portrait of the late Alan Sillitoe.
As well as being an expert in special needs in Education, Dr Edward Sellman is also a recognised artist and in this video he takes you round his latest exhibition and reveals all about meeting and painting the famous author.
2009
Suitable for Undergraduate Study and Community Education
Dr Edward Sellman, Lecturer, School of Education
Dr Edward Sellman is a member of the Centre for Research in Schools and Co
The sounds of German
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Autumn Semester 2009.
This module investigates the sounds of German and how they can be described accurately (“phonetics and phonology”). Students will learn to transcribe German using the notation of the International Phonetic Association, and we will look in particular at aspects of German pronunciation that are hard to master because they are different to English or similar to French. We will a
Another European Tradition: traceability of the social and the vindication of Gabriel Tarde
A rival of Durkheim, Gabriel Tarde was right to argue that the subject matter of sociology is not society but connections. The understanding of the social cannot be separated from the study of other associations. Bruno Latour is a philosopher and a sociologist and vice president for research at Sciences Po.
The recurrent, the recombinatory and the ephemeral : thoughts on a textual system in transition
In this presentation from the Institute of Film and Television Studies' Ephemeral Media Workshops, Professor William Uricchio discusses his research: The recurrent, recombinatory and the ephemeral: thoughts on a textual system in transition.
Presentation produced/delivered: June/July 2009
Suitable for: Undergraduate Study and Community Education
Professor William Uricchio, MIT/Utrecht
William Uricchio is Professor and Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and professor of Co
Study Skills
Student-authored multimedia tutorials that cover a variety of study skills topics (e.g., time management, essay writing, note-taking, textbook reading)
Quantum field theory
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
Last taught in Spring Semester 2006
A compilation of fourteen lectures in PDF format on the subject of quantum field theory. This module is suitable for 3rd or 4th year undergraduate and postgraduate level learners.
Suitable for year 3/4 undergraduate and postgraduate study.
Dr Kirill Krasnov, School of Mathematical Sciences
Dr Kirill Krasnov is a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. After studying physic
Politics in 60 seconds. Voting
Professor Cees van der Eijk defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education
Professor Cees van der Eijk, School of Politics and International Relations
Professor Cees van der Eijk is Professor of Social Science Research Methods, and Director of Social Sciences Methods and D
