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Multicultural Futures - Current Debates
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Dr Clare Dwyer , 2008
UPCH 2008
- Lectures
- Lectures
- Politics & Public Policy
- No subtitles
- 60
UPCH 2008
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Swearing in a Foreign Language: The Multicultural Dimension of Rudeness (with transcript)
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Marco Federighi , 2008
GPC/Pre-sessional Lecture 2008
- Lectures
- Art & Design
- Lectures
- No subtitles
- 51
GPC/Pre-sessional Lecture 2008
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The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Economies
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Dr E. Amann , 2011
UPC 2011
- Lectures
- Economics & Finance
- Lectures
- No subtitles
- 49
UPC 2011
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The Globalisation of Modern Architecture
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Professor Robert Adam , 2013
Diploma Lecture 2013
- Lectures
- Built Environment & Architecture
- No subtitles
- 94
Diploma Lecture 2013
Panorama investigates the horse meat scandal and reveals ever growing concerns about what is really in our food. With industry insiders saying shoppers should prepare themselves for more uncomfortable truths, Richard Bilton asks whether 'light touch' regulation of the food industry has left the stable door open to the cowboys
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 30
Panorama investigates the horse meat scandal and reveals ever growing concerns about what is really in our food. With industry insiders saying shoppers should prepare themselves for more uncomfortable truths, Richard Bilton asks whether 'light touch' regulation of the food industry has left the stable door open to the cowboys
Documentary telling the double-edged story of the grave risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress. With rich imagery the film connects financial collapse, growing inequality and global oligarchy with the sustainability of mankind itself.
- TV-Recordings
- Economics & Finance
- Environmental Studies
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 80
Documentary telling the double-edged story of the grave risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress. With rich imagery the film connects financial collapse, growing inequality and global oligarchy with the sustainability of mankind itself.
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Supersized Earth
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BBC
Supersized Earth traces the spectacular story of how humans have transformed our world in a generation.
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 180
Supersized Earth traces the spectacular story of how humans have transformed our world in a generation.
In this episode, Dallas explores how we can travel further and faster than ever before - and how our desire to shrink the world is inspiring some of the most extraordinary engineering projects on the planet.
- TV-Recordings
- Engineering
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
In this episode, Dallas explores how we can travel further and faster than ever before - and how our desire to shrink the world is inspiring some of the most extraordinary engineering projects on the planet.
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The Box That Changed Britain
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Graeme McAulay
Poet Roger McGough narrates the extraordinary story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation.
- TV-Recordings
- Economics & Finance
- Geography
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Poet Roger McGough narrates the extraordinary story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation.
Author Adam Nicolson traces the roots of today's globalised Britain to a 17th-century golden age of writing and communication. He reveals a century on the move, a time when London tripled in size and more than 200,000 people emigrated in search of work or God.
- TV-Recordings
- Phonetics and Linguistics
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Author Adam Nicolson traces the roots of today's globalised Britain to a 17th-century golden age of writing and communication. He reveals a century on the move, a time when London tripled in size and more than 200,000 people emigrated in search of work or God.
Travelling across three continents, Justin Rowlatt investigates the spread of Chinese influence around the planet and asks what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower.
- TV-Recordings
- Economics & Finance
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Travelling across three continents, Justin Rowlatt investigates the spread of Chinese influence around the planet and asks what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower.
Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet.
- TV-Recordings
- Economics & Finance
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet.
In the teeth of the worst financial crisis in living memory, BBC business editor Robert Peston examines how the world got to this point and how the collossal imbalances in the global economy have left the UK in need of a radical economic overhaul.
- TV-Recordings
- Business & Management
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
In the teeth of the worst financial crisis in living memory, BBC business editor Robert Peston examines how the world got to this point and how the collossal imbalances in the global economy have left the UK in need of a radical economic overhaul.
In the second of two programmes Peston asks how Britain can compete in the new world economic order. After years of living beyond our means the country surely needs to wean itself off the consumer society, but doing so threatens our retail dependent economy.
- TV-Recordings
- Business & Management
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
In the second of two programmes Peston asks how Britain can compete in the new world economic order. After years of living beyond our means the country surely needs to wean itself off the consumer society, but doing so threatens our retail dependent economy.
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True Stories - Last Train Home
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Lixin Fan
Last Train Home documents how, every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as a tidal wave of migrant workers return home by train for the Chinese New Year.
- TV-Recordings
- Economics & Finance
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 86
Last Train Home documents how, every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as a tidal wave of migrant workers return home by train for the Chinese New Year.
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True Stories - The Yes Men Fix the World
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Channel Four
The Yes Men set out to demonstrate, via a series of audacious stunts, the true meaning of corporate responsibility.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
The Yes Men set out to demonstrate, via a series of audacious stunts, the true meaning of corporate responsibility.
Unreported World travels to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest to reveal just how some of the Earth's most isolated people are being affected by the world's financial crisis causing the price of gold to rise to record levels
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 24
Unreported World travels to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest to reveal just how some of the Earth's most isolated people are being affected by the world's financial crisis causing the price of gold to rise to record levels
Haiti hit the headlines last year when it was hit by yet another hurricane. Unreported World returns to the island to find that it's still in a state of emergency.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 25
Haiti hit the headlines last year when it was hit by yet another hurricane. Unreported World returns to the island to find that it's still in a state of emergency.
Unreported World travels to Malawi to reveal that children as young as three are being illegally employed to produce tobacco, much of it destined to be consumed by British smokers. Malawi's children suffer health problems from handling tobacco and some are trapped in bonded labour arrangements, leaving them unable to escape. Little seems to be being done to protect their health and wellbeing.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 30
Unreported World travels to Malawi to reveal that children as young as three are being illegally employed to produce tobacco, much of it destined to be consumed by British smokers. Malawi's children suffer health problems from handling tobacco and some are trapped in bonded labour arrangements, leaving them unable to escape. Little seems to be being done to protect their health and wellbeing.
Unreported World goes undercover to investigate how the increased Chinese presence in East Africa has lead to a huge increase in elephant poaching, with potentially devastating effects on tourism and the local economy. The team also hears astonishing claims that when Chinese president Hu Jintao travelled to Tanzania for a state visit, his officials left with large quantities of illegal ivory.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 35
Unreported World goes undercover to investigate how the increased Chinese presence in East Africa has lead to a huge increase in elephant poaching, with potentially devastating effects on tourism and the local economy. The team also hears astonishing claims that when Chinese president Hu Jintao travelled to Tanzania for a state visit, his officials left with large quantities of illegal ivory.
Indigenous people in Honduras are risking their lives diving to dangerous depths for lobsters destined for North American and European diners. Overfishing means they must now dive as deep as 150ft to land their catch. Each time they dive, they risk paralysis or death from the bends.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 30
Indigenous people in Honduras are risking their lives diving to dangerous depths for lobsters destined for North American and European diners. Overfishing means they must now dive as deep as 150ft to land their catch. Each time they dive, they risk paralysis or death from the bends.
Ruschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. There is so much money in the public coffers that mayor can't spend it all, largely thanks to the contribution from one resident - Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of commodities giant Glencore. However, Glencore's copper mines in Zambia don't generate similar tax windfalls for Zambians.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Ruschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. There is so much money in the public coffers that mayor can't spend it all, largely thanks to the contribution from one resident - Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of commodities giant Glencore. However, Glencore's copper mines in Zambia don't generate similar tax windfalls for Zambians.