Literary Festival 2013: Branching Out: mapping human imagination, exploration and innovation [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Jerry Brotton, Mike Parker | Editor's note: Unfortunately the last few minutes of the lecture are missing from the recording. Throughout history maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world and our place in it. Our panel will discuss how maps both influence and reflect contemporary events and how, by reading them, we can better understand the worlds that produced them. Jerry Brotton is professor of renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a
Literary Festival 2013: My Mediterranean [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor David Abulafia | One great sea, a multitude of cultures and an embarrassment of riches: David Abulafia shares his intellectual odyssey from Alicante to Alexandria, from Salerno to Smyrna. David Abulafia is professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University and author of The Great Sea: a human history of the Mediterranean. Helen Moore is fellow and tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and University lecturer in the Faculty of English. This event forms part of LSE'
Energie : Toets Toets over energie waarop leerlingen vragen beantwoorden over verschillende energiebronnen. Ze denken na over de voor- en nadelen van windenergie en ze leggen uit hoe energie opgewekt kan worden met water.
Cat desk AA092291 A black shorthair cat stands on papers on top of a desk. Possibly in Newbarn, Isle of Wight. Photographed by John Gay, 1960s.
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In Conversation with Bronwyn Curtis [Audio]
Speaker(s): Bronwyn Curtis | Editor's note: We apologise that the beginning of this podcast is missing. To mark the completion of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, the first brand new building on campus for more than 40 years, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the LSE Students’ Union have organised a series of ‘in conversation’ events with some of the School's distinguished alumni. These events will take place in the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre and will be ope
Doctoral Studies at Cranfield -- My View
Shelly Chapman explains the journey involved in embarking on a doctorate at Cranfield School of Management and what triggered her own desire to pursue a PhD.
Innovating the value proposition at FM Global
B2B relationships, too, require an innovative value proposition. Martin Fessey describes how a deep understanding of customer needs led to an innovative offer with benefits to both parties. Part of the Cranfield Customer Management Forum Guest Speaker Series: http://bit.ly/9UuSf9
James Cooper, "Real Engineers Get their Hands Dirty"
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Job search
Welcome to this Futures workbook on finding work. It is split into several sections describing different techniques for finding work. You can dip in and out of the different sections; however it is not wise to rely on only one mechanism for finding work. It is a competitive market for final year students and new graduates and so you should try many alternate ways to find work.
Virtual Maths Shapes, Space and Measure, Levelling Survey - Rugby pitch
Interactive simulation using a level to take measurements to calculate the volume of earth to be excavated to create a flat rugby pitch.
"The Heart of Kent State" Presidential Listening Tour
Beverly Warren became president of Kent State University on July 1, 2014. She reflects on her first day as university president and discusses the Presidential Listening Tour, which kicked off at Kent State University at Ashtabula.
Hoe stel ik een CV op : Stappenplan met Word Kort stappenplan om in Microsoft Office Word een CV op te stellen.
Say it with poison
In this lecture, Mr Russell Bowes, a freelance garden historian, will be sharing mysterious tales of how people have died in the garden, and how you can protect yourself against herbaceous murderers.
Graduate skills
Graduate Skills is one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
The aim of this workbook is to introduce you to the concept of graduate job skills and enterprise, looking at which career path you decides to follow. It’s not j
Personality and values
Welcome to ‘Personality and Values’, one of several ‘Futures’ workbooks, which help you choose and prepare a career route after graduation. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio
The aim of this workbook is to help you to clarify or identify your personality type and work values as a step toward choosing work
Assessing your skills
Welcome to Assessing Your Skills one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
The aim of this workbook is to help you to clarify or identify your skills as a first step toward choosing work that really suits you. It can also he
Survey of London: volume 41 - Brompton
This, the third of the Survey’s four volumes devoted to Kensington, describes the southernmost part of the old parish, covering both sides of Brompton Road and then continuing westward between Old Brompton Road and Fulham Road as far as Brompton Cemetery. Renowned in the seventeenth century for the nurseries and market gardens of old Brompton, and the isolated genteel settlement of ‘Little Chelsea’ in Fulham Road, this area was by the time of the Survey’s study in 1983 a characteristic i
The Spirit of Women in Business Conference
Each spring, the Kent State University College of Business Administration hosts the Spirit of Women in Business Conference, an event designed to enhance the personal and professional development of today's business women. This year's keynote speakers were Amy Cuddy and Farai Chideya.
SMBHC Groundbreaking on New Addition
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College is growing! Construction on the new addition starts in April 2014. Video by Mary Stanton Knight.
