(information collated by Unifrog) might be very conceptual, involving cracking an egg or a sexual act. Art Successful performance artists include Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, Serbian Marina Abramovic or American Anya Liftig. The medium has Some specialist areas also been adopted by celebrity actor Shia Labeouf. Life drawing Every art degree will offer some amount of life drawing, intended more as training for your eye and line than a particularly creative Some influential academics practice. Life drawing can also be a good place to experiment with John Berger England, United Kingdom, 1926-2017 new techniques, free from having to find and defend your own Berger's 1972 book Ways of Seeing examined Western cultural meaningful subject. You will draw from the figure for poses from 30 aesthetics, offering radical takes on elements of painting like seconds to an hour long, mixing up the size and methods used in photography, nudity, and gender that are largely taken for granted your work (pencil/ oil paint/charcoal), helping you grow into your owntoday. In particular, Berger's observation that the male authorship of mature style. most paintings means we see 'Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at'. This was Printmaking revolutionary, written three years before feminist film critic Laura The most accessible form of printmaking is monoprint, whereby you Mulvey first coined the term 'male gaze' in 1975. ink up a sheet of plastic or metal, wipe your drawing from it and press it onto paper (see Degas' bathtime monoprints), or rest paper on an Jean-Michel Basquiat United States, 1960-1988 inked up sheet and draw onto it, leaving reversed marks when you Basquiat was the ultimate 'enfant terrible' of art. His difficult peel it off. Facilities on art degrees are likely to also allow older background - he failed high school - meant he spent his time doing printmaking forms like etching and woodcut, that involve heavy tools life drawing, practicing graffiti and painting on found doors and and chemicals (see Drurer's Rhinoceros and Goya's Disasters of War). windows when he couldn't afford canvas. This led to him becoming These forms were historically widely used for producing maps and one of the most successful painters of all time. He was a mentee of pamphlets but are now very specialist. Andy Warhol and subscriber to the Pop Art movement that condemned the nerdy/exclusive attitude of the contemporaneous art Hot topics world and wanted to make work that everyone could feel and What is 'art'? understand. He was also the first highly successful black artist and What should be classified as art and who decides? This question was was driven by wanting to put black people in art and portray them infamously raised by French-American Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp truthfully. A lot of this idealism is undermined by the hype and prices in 1917 when he signed a common urinal, called it 'Fountain' and put his work now fetches - Basquiat's scribbles on napkins sell for prices it in an exhibition. 'Fountain' caused much outrage at the time, but its comparable with those for Renaissance masterpieces. replicas are now displayed in important public collections from Tate Modern to the Pompidou. Softened by Fountain, we're now very Podcasts happy to make pilgrimages to see Jackson Pollock's paint-splatter The Modern Art Notes Podcast https://manpodcast.com/ canvases or Malevich's plain white squares, but where is the line Tyler Green, USA drawn - what can, what should, we classify as 'not art'? A weekly, hour-long interview program featuring artists, historians, authors, curators and conservators. Award winning art critic and What is the purpose of art? historian Tyler Green updates you on the shows and characters of the Historically, art existed for its religious purpose. The Greeks believed contemporary art world. in neoplatonic love, and that making beautiful tributes to the gods would raise them towards godliness. 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Never Sorry follows multidisciplinary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei from Klayman's first meeting with him in 2008 through to his release from detention by Chinese authorities in 2012. The film documents the Cross curricularideas various angles of Ai's artistic carreer, from installing shows to getting Environmental art beaten up by police for their social commentary and is praised as a Environmental art aims to complement/make a statement about its piece of visual artistry in itself. natural surroundings (see Christo and Jeanne Claude) or to have an ecological purpose (see renewable energy sculpture). It is a sort of Frida descendent of landscape painting, of the tradition of Monet or Julie Taymor, US, 2002 Turner, with a contemporary twist. Some art schools such as Glasgow This biopic tells the story of Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo teach it as a stand-alone course. (Salma Hayek) and her husband Diego Rivera. It explores Kahlo's tragic personal life - her traffic accident that both crippled herand Performance art made her an artist, her passionate marriage, her bisexual affairs - as Performance art exists only as a passing experience, usually acted out well as her career. It also looks at Diego's superior success at the by the artist themself, but otherwise using hired actors or dancers. It time, plus painting as a means of convalescence. might take on elements of circus or dance-like performances, or it (information collated by Unifrog) Interesting articles Biology U.S. Scientists Use CRISPR to Fix Genetic Disease in Human Embryos For the First Time https://time.com/4882855/crispr-gene-editing- Some specialist areas human-embryo/ Neuroscience Alice Park, United States, 2017 Neuroscientists are concerned with studying the nervous system and the brain. 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This is not just a taleabout corporations but how emotion and psychology play their part scaling a business either organically or through mergers and including deception, greed and ego alongside the job losses, suicide acquisitions, students will be able to apply these skills to better and personal devastation that results. manage business outcomes. Some other good stuff Some influential academics Institute of Administrative Management Michael Porter United States, 1947-N/A Porter is an American academic who is best known for his theories on http://www.instam.org/index economics and business strategy. He came up with the Porter five The Institute of Administrative Management is the oldest professional forces which looks to model the competitive forces faced by business body supporting administration and business management in the UK. and industry. 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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World Werner Herzog, United States, 2016 Cross curricularideas Werner Herzog explores the Internet and the connected world, and Music and Artificial Intelligence the existential impact of robotics, AI, the Internet of Things, and more Computer scientists have successfully developed an AI that can on human life. compose music. This of course raises the following question: can machines be creative? Up until now, artists were one of the few who The Terminator didn't have to fear losing their job because of automation, but could James Cameron, United States,1984 it be that even those jobs aren't safe? This Hollywood action spectacle gives an entertaining but dystopian view on AI. Although far from realistic, it helps to explain why Stock trading algorithms influential techies such as Elon Musk are so afraid of artificial Data mining and artificial intelligence has allowed so-called ""quants"" to revolutionise the way in which stocks are traded. Rather intelligence. than looking at the value of stocks, these algorithms mine years of Some other good stuff data to predict how stock charts move and base their decision CS50: Introduction to Computer Science entirely on movement in stock prices. https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-computer-science Some influential academics This is CS50x, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual Alan Turing United Kingdom, 1912-1954 enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming computer science: he formalised the concept of an algorithm and experience. Harvard's most popular course ever, CS50 brings developed the Bombe, which cracked the Nazi's enigma code. He alsocomputer science alive. 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Thomas Piketty France , 1971- Global History of Capitalism https://www.edx.org/course/global- Piketty is as close to a rock star as an economist can get. He took the history-of-capitalism world by storm with his magnum opus 'Capital', published in 2014. In What is capitalism? How has it changed over time? And why do we it he detailed how wealth is increasingly generated by preexisting need a global perspective to fully understand its development and wealth (such as property, or interest on savings) and less so by labour.impact? An very well taught course that explores the history of This has profound implications for the future of both our global capitalism and offers a great foundation for those interested in economic growth and our growing inequality. studying economics at university. 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Some pre-wired for language challenged these beliefs and permanently readers might find medieval literature inaccessible at times, however altered the way in which we think about language acquisition. Chaucer's Canterbury tales provide a good introduction before tackling some of the harder works by other authors of the time. Interesting articles Writers blocked: how the new call-out culture is killing fiction Hot topics https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/other/writers-blocked-how-the- Literary Censorship new-call-out-culture-is-killing-fiction If there's anything that illustrates the power of literature, it's literary Lionel Shriver, USA, 2018 censorship. 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Deborah Treisman, USA Each week the New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, invites The value of slang a New Yorker author to read a story that was once published in the Is slang a good thing? Many believe that, as long as young people are magazine and discuss it with her. With great questions, great insights able to demonstrate complete and competent language skills in the and great banter, the conversations are as good as the stories areas that they need to, there's no harm in it. Others, however, argue themselves. that street slang disempowers and limits the life chances of those who speak it. A Way With Words https://player.fm/series/a-way-with-words Martha Barnette, Grant Barrett, USA Cross curricularideas A fun weekly podcast about language seen through culture, history, Early Medieval Literature Specialists in Early Medieval English literature study works which were and family. Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers who have questions and stories about linguistics, old sayings, written during the period of 1066-1350. Although this is usually an etymology, regional dialects, slang, new words, word play, word optional module, some students embrace the opportunity to specialise in Middle English, Old French, and Medieval Latin literature. games, grammar, literature and more. Some courses even allow students to go further back than 1066 in Relevant films order to study some Anglo-Saxon literature, including Beowulf. Arrival Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2016 Although the writing in this kind of literature is often rather There aren't many films that get language enthusiasts excited, but inaccessible for the modern reader, it is a skill that can be acquired. Arrival is most certainly one of them because at the heart of the film's premise lies one of language theory's most controversial concepts - Psycholinguistics the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. This is the idea that the language we Psycholinguistics is the fascinating study of the relationship between speak has a direct impact on how we perceive things. Arrival takes linguistic behaviour and psychological processes. This subject is very this one step further by exploring the concept that language can even scientific in nature, drawing on biology, neuroscience and cognitive have an impact on physics itself and the result is a very original, science in order to analyse the processes involved in speech creative and thought-provoking sci-fi. perception, word recognition and sentence processing. Wilde Brian Gilbert, UK, Japan and Germany, 1997 Some influential academics An author as controversial as the characters he created, Oscar Wilde Roland Barthes France, 1915-1980 spent his adult life challenging the social codes of the Victorian Roland Barthes is the literary theorist behind 'The Death of the bourgeoisie. This film explores the true story of his despicable Author', an essay which nearly every English Literature student is introduced to at some point during their degree. Traditionally, literary treatment at the hands of the British government, who tried and theory places a great deal of weight on the author's intentions when imprisoned him for sodomy due to his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas. analyzing any piece of fiction; however, Barthes' essay challenges this The film boasts star performances by Stephen Fry, who plays Wilde, and a very young Jude Law as Bosie. tradition by arguing that each text is a complex fabric of multiple layers and meanings. It is therefore the impressions of the reader, not the intentions of the author, that gives a text its true meaning. 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Hot topics Podcasts Sustainable development 80 Days: an exploration podcast https://80dayspodcast.com/ With an increasing global population, and diminishing resources, the Luke Kelly, Joe Byrne, Mark Boyle, United Kingdom biggest question for today's geographers is 'how are we going to Every episode of 80 Days takes you to a little known country, territory, support the population in a sustainable way?' This includes everything settlement or city and covers the history, culture and people of each from the micro (growing our own food at home) to themacro place over approximately an hour. (finding alternative energy sources to oil and gas). Liminal Limits http://liminallimitspodcast.com/ How is economic globalization affecting inequality? Sara Chicazul, Adam Sakellarides, United States Some have described economic globalisation as '21st-century In this podcasts, the hosts explore unusual borders - such as colonialism'. As manufacturers continue to source cheap labour from Hadrian's Wall or the Alaska Panhandle - and try to find out where abroad, geographers are asking, how do we prevent the exploitation they came from. of LEDCs whilst supporting economic growth? When corporations outsource their workforces, what effect does this have on MEDC Relevant films communities? Virunga Cross curricularideas Orlando Von Einsiedal, United Kingdom, 2014 Historical geography Virunga reveals some of the biggest threats to the future of the Historical geography is a branch of study which examines the ways in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including which geographic phenomena have changed over time. Specialists in armed rebel groups, poachers and foreign oil interests. Virunga is this field are interested in how the characteristics of a society home to a third of the world’s population of mountain gorillas,but emerged in the context of the local environment and surroundings. just a small team of armed rangers are present to protect it. This documentary film won the Peabody Award in 2014 and was Economic Geography nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Economic geography is the study of the location and distribution of economic activities across the world. For example, an economic Great Barrier Reef geographer might be interested in the concentration of economic Richard Fitzpatrick, United Kingdom, 2012 activity and trade in coastal areas as opposed to rural ones. Barely a day goes by when the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t feature in the news as ocean acidification, local pollution and tourism put Some influential academics pressure on the reef eco sytstem. In this three-part documentary Claudius Ptolemy Egypt, around 100 BC-Unknown series from the BBC, we not only see the UNESCO World Heritage Site Claudius Ptolemy was a classical mathematician, astronomer, in its impressive glory, but also eerie footage of bleached corals and astrologer, and writer. He wrote several treatises which formed the the desolate underwater landscapes left behind by human activity. foundations for European science in later centuries. His work Some other good stuff 'Geographia', which gave a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world, was used by the Italian National Geographic Magazine explorer Christopher Columbus as the map for his westward-bound path to Asia many centuries later. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ This magazine has published geographical news and analysis since David Harvey United Kingdom, 1935- 1888. You can access one free online article every month or subscribe David Harvey is one of the UK's leading geographers and social for all their content. scientists. His first book, ‘Explanation in Geography’ became an influential text in the field of Geography as it was the first case in Wonder Why? Youtube Channel which the philosophy of science was applied to geographical https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcEPmwpXKrKzZahqjwpIAsQ knowledge. Wonder Why? is a Youtube Channel dedicated to explaining everything from the Catalonian Independence Referendum, to how New Zealand ended up with its flag. The videos are generally less Interesting articles than 10-minutes long and easy to follow. Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories Lois Parshley, United Kingdom, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/07/faultlines-black- holes-glaciers-mapping-uncharted-territories

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Some specialist areas The revolt of Islam Economic History https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/11/19/the-revolt- Studying the economies and economic phenomena of the past. iofslam- Economic historians frequently look at how economic factors such as Bernard Lewis, United States, 2001 unemployment or trade balances can affect decisions and events throughout history as well as looking at these factors on their own to Mary Beard is right – ‘Romans’ could be from anywhere, from Carlisle see how the economies of the world have developed. The Wall Street to Cairo Crash, Industrial revolution or trading links in the ancient world might https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/aug/07/mary- be objects of study. beard-romans-ancient-evidence Charlotte Higgins, United Kingdom, 2017 Cultural History Combining anthropology and history, this discipline looks at Podcasts how cultures develop throughout the course of history and Revolutions Mike Duncan, United States howdevelopmentthis is affected by and affects political or economic history. http://www.revolutionspodcast.com Students might look at the development of literature, music or art but /A fantastic podcast charting the revolutions of the world from cultural history is not just restricted to 'high culture', it also looks the English civil war onwards. Whilst the podcast deals with each at popular culture and how societies and classes develop. revolution in excellent detail it is still designed for those without any historical knowledge of the subject and gives an excellent grounding Hot topics in this period of history. Check out the slave revolt on Haiti or Spanish Colonial Legacies American independence for history rarely taught in British schools. Many areas of the world have been heavily impacted by the legacy of colonialism. Knowledge of colonial history is essential to In our time: History Melvyn Bragg, United Kingdom understanding the current state of the Middle East, African politics or https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player?page= even the Brexit vote. With many states seeking reparations it is of 3 material importance to understand colonial history in order to This podcast takes three or so experts each week, hosted by Melvyn understand what should be done in the present. Bragg, to discuss a certain period, personality or phenomenon. Each episode is about an hour along and is the perfect introduction for Fascism in the 20th century any The defining moment of the 20th century. The rise of fascism in Italy subject. The programme is fantastic for introducing you to areas of and then in the rest of Europe led to world war 2, changing the world history or culture that you've never heard about. Highlights include order dramatically and leading to the rise of the United States. Now "The volga vikings", and "The treaty of Vienna“ understanding the rise of fascism in the 20th century is essential to understanding whether it is rising in the 21st. Relevant films Enemy at the gates Cross curricular ideas Hean-Jacques Annaud, United States, 2001 Modern Languages Based on a true story this film tells of the battle for Stalingrad in 1942 Historians can often choose to take a modern language along with and the dramatic duel of the two snipers, Vasily Zaytsev and Major their history degree. Having a foreign language allows you to study Erwin König. Whilst perhaps not the most historically accurate, the source material in the original language, reducing the chance for film does get the atmosphere and background of the battle misinterpretation and providing a better understanding of the history forStalingrad right. and culture of acivilisation. Triumph of the will Historical Archaeology Leni Riefenstahl, Germany, 1935 Archaeology is essential for understanding periods of history where This propaganda film details the Nazi party conference at Nuremberg there is only material culture remaining and no textual records. It can and had Hitler as its executive producer. Consequently the film is also be used to evaluate the reliability of historical sources. perfect for understanding the depraved minds and ideology of Nazi leaders. Despite the ugliness of its politics the cinematic Some influential academics techniques within the film were groundbreaking and it is regarded A.J.P Taylor United Kingdom, 1906-1990 as the most impressive propaganda film of the period. An historian of modern European history, AJP Taylor is perhaps most Some other good stuff famous for his groundbreaking work 'The origins of the second world Ancient History Magazine war' in which he argued that Nazi foreign policy was actually very https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-history-magazine similar to previous German policy and that Hitler was an This magazine brings to life the ancient world with fantastic opportunistic, bungling amateur with little talent inwarfare. illustrations and highly detailed articles. Each issue is centred around Leopold Von Ranke Germany, 1795-1886 a theme such as ancient medicine, the city of Pergamum or Von Ranke is often regarded as the father of modern history, relying exploration in the ancient world. on primary sources and using a narrative historical style rather than simply lumping facts together as was common at the time. He wrote much on the history of popes, reformation, revolutionary wars and Germanic history. (information collated by Unifrog) Interesting articles Maths How mathematicians are storytellers and numbers are the characters https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/23/mathematicians- Some specialist areas storytellers-numbers-characters-marcus-du-sautoy Statistics Marcus du Sautoy, United Kingdom, 2015 Statistics is the branch of maths involved in collecting and analysing data. Statistics is one of the fastest growing fields in maths, as technology allows mathematicians to gather 'big data' in enormous How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes quantities. next https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/19/crisis-of- statistics-big-data-democracy Game theory William Davies, United Kingdom, 2017 Game theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with the analysing strategies in competitive situations, particularly where the Podcasts outcome of a choice depends critically on the actions of other A Brief History of Mathematics participants. Game theory has significant implications in contexts of https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srz5b/episodes/downloads war, business, and biology. Marcus du Sautoy, United Kingdom This is a BBC podcast in which Marcus du Sautoy discusses data, Hot topics statistics with mathematicians, showing how history can be mapped Twin primes mathematically. A twin prime is a prime number that is either 2 less or 2 more than another prime number - for example, either member of the twin The Secrets of Mathematics https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/secrets- prime pair (59,61). However, it is unknown if there are infinitely many mathematics twin primes or if there is a largest pair. Oxford Mathematicians, United Kingdom The nature of infinity A series of talks and lectures from Oxford mathematicians exploring Recently mathematicians have been interested in infinity - how big is all aspects of Maths and its ever-growing range of applications from infinity? Is infinity real? Can some infinities be greater than others? medicine to economics and beyond. These are important questions when applied to the study of our universe - if the universe is truly infinite then it follows that if you Relevant films were to travel outwards from Earth you would eventually find an exactThe Story of 1 Nick Murphy, United Kingdom, 2005 duplicate of our planet! The Story of 1 is a BBC documentary about the history of numbers, Cross curricular ideas and in particular, the number 1. Terry Jones goes right back to when Mathematical Physics the very concept of counting came about, and the immeasurable Physical mathematicians develop mathematical methods in order to impact this has had for the human race. solve problems in physics. A very simple example of this would be the The Story of Maths calculation of a car's speed using the mathematical model: speed=distance/time. Marcus du Sautoy, United Kingdom, 2008 This is a four-part documentary series in which Marcus du Sautoy Cryptography tracks historical developments in maths and their significance in Cryptography is the practice of writing and solving codes. Today today's world. cryptography is heavily based on mathematical theory and computer Some other good stuff science practice; cryptographers create algorithms to convert data so Women in Maths podcast https://soundcloud.com/damien-adams- that it's unreadable to a computer. Cryptography is used increasingly to protect digital information, including computer passwords, online 662584563 banking, and military communications. This podcast is an effort to promote visibility of women in mathematics. Each episode focuses on a different female Some influential academics mathematician and her contribution to the study of maths. Alan Turing USA, 1912-1954 Alan Turing is most famous for his work on codebreaking during the Mathologer Youtube channel Second World War. He played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many Mathologer' is a youtube channel which produces 15-20 minute crucial engagements. His Turing Machine is considered to have explanations of mathematical ideas - everything from solving a 4D provided the model for a general purpose computer. rubik's cube to the maths of card counting.

Ada Lovelace United Kingdom,1815-1852 Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and writer, known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer. Physics (information collated by Unifrog) pioneer in both maths and physics. Interesting articles Some specialist areas Five things physicists hate about physics Quantum Physics https://www.newscientist.com/article/2140261-five-things-physicists- Quantum physicists explore the absurd world of the small; where hate-about-physics/ things can be in two places at once, to name one of the least weird Richard Webb, United States, 2017 phenomena. A significant amount of research is currently going into a unifying theory, with supercomputers greatly helping and increasing The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy our understanding in a field which promises to never bore. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-future-of- gravitational-wave-astronomy/ Astrophysics Lee Billings, United States, 2016 Astrophysicists look at the illuminated night sky and theorise why it is that way. How does it happen? How did the earth begin? Are we Podcasts alone? These are all central questions in this subject, and, with the StarTalk https://www.startalkradio.net/category/startalk-radio/ vastness of space and the uncountable number of stars, studying Neil deGrasse Tyson, United States astrophysics will always offer something new. Neil DeGrasse Tyson has his own podcast series, in which he sits down with a guest and either answers listeners' physics questions and Hot topics discuss a popular topic such as living on Mars. This highly interesting The search for a unifying theory series offers an intriguing view of the universe as awhole. Physicists as of today have two main theories: quantum mechanics, the study of the small, and relativity, the study of the large. These The infinite monkey cage theories are excellent at predicting counter intuitive results, and https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads problems occur when there is need to combine the two, such as with Brian Cox and Robin Ince, United Kingdom black holes. Both theories get broken down when required to Physicist Brian Cox teams up with comedian Robin Ince to explain combine, so now physicists are searching for an overarching theory, interesting physics phenomena. This show sets out to explain the able to explain both the small and the big. world of science to anyone, even a ""stupid comedian"". This witty show gives an unique angle on today's science. Climate science Currently the world is reliant on fossil fuels, which are inextricably Relevant films linked with climate change. Climate scientists have used physics to Particle Fever create models that will predict what will happen if we continue our Mark Levinson, United States, 2014 current use of these and look at ways in which humans can use Particle Fever gives a unique perspective on the people working at alternative forms of energy to help lessen the damage. CERN and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), telling physics through human stories. The movie shows the importance of the work of CERN Cross curricularideas and the LHC and explores the latest theories the physicistsare Physics and sport working on, and how such a big project runs. Your average physicist may not look like or even be the best athlete, but physics can be very helpful in explaining strange phenomena in Interstellar the world of sport. Take one of Ronaldo’s legendary free kicks for Christopher Nolan, United States, 2014 example, where the ball seems to miss the goal but swerves into the A science fiction story with the emphasis on the science. Starting in a top corner. This is an example of aerodynamics, the study of how dystopian world in the future, astronauts travel through a wormhole fluids affect objects. to discover other worlds, since earth is uninhabitable. In this movie, physics is portrayed accurately and used as a plot device. For Metaphysics example, the theory of special relativity and time dilation are critical Metaphysics tries to answer the questions that are based on physics, plot points in thismovie. but which physics can’t answer yet, such as are we in a simulation? This theory has gained more traction after Elon Musk publicly said, Some other good stuff “odds are we’re living in a simulation”. Metaphysics is for those who Feynman Lectures https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/ enjoy philosophy but also enjoy the understanding physics gives. Nobel prize laureate Richard Feynman is well known for his teaching abilities, with this lecture series allowing the reader to experience his Some influential academics teaching first hand. It covers everything from Newtonian mechanics Richard Feynman United States, 1918-1988 to electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. Feynman is one of the most important and interesting physicists of the 20th century. He worked on the Manhattan project and managed David Brenner https://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/science- to emerge with a new theory of quantum electrodynamics, the study and-technology/physics/ of how light and matter interact at a small scale. He was also able to Wolfram Alpha is well known for its mathematical help capabilities, distil the extremely complicated maths down to some intuitive but less known for its physics resources. It can do calculations for diagrams called Feynman diagrams. everything from relativistic speeds to optics. In addition to that it can be used to search up physical laws and constants. This often- Isaac Newton United Kingdom, 1643-1727 unexplored section of Wolfram Alpha can be of great use to Newton invented a new form of mathematics, calculus. In addition to physicists.. that, Newton paved the way for modern physics with his famous three laws. His laws were able to describe everything from an apple falling, to the way our earth moves in the solar system. He was a real (information collated by Unifrog) Politics and Why You Should Care Politics https://www.huffpost.com/entry/politics-and-why-you- shou_b_9646380 Some specialist areas Jessica Denis, United States, 2016 International Relations International Relations students will critically look at the relationship Podcasts between various political entities: sovereign states, NGO's, IGO's and NPR Politics https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-politics- wider-world systems such as NATO. An interesting course of study podcast with a focus on contemporary politics, and a wide variety of available NPR, United States jobs or internships. The 'NPR Politics’ podcast is where NPR's political reporters talk to you like they talk to each other. With weekly roundups and quick Democracy and Development takes on news of the day, you don't have to keep up with politics to A study of how countries progress towards democracy, the hurdles know what's happening. You just have to keep up with them. they face in establishing it, and the benefits or drawbacks they receive under democracy. An ever-relevant specialisation that critically looks Left, Right, and Center http://www.kcrw.com/news- at the role Western nations have had in foreign politics. culture/shows/left-right-center Josh Barro, United States Hot topics Left, Right, and Center' has a great premise. They put three people in The rise of populism in the Western world a room — one from the right, one from the left, one centrist and get 2016 and 2017 saw a huge spike in popularity of populist parties in both Western Europe and the United States. Which underlying factors them to talk out the recent political events happening around the world. It’s the perfect example of piercing the bubble and starting caused this spike? What can we expect in the next few years? Most conversations across the aisle with adept coverage and analysis from importantly, how will the elected populist parties behave now that people in the know. they are in power? These are all questions current political theorists are scrambling to answer. Relevant films Weiner The political destabilisation caused by ISIS Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, United States, 2016 Now that ISIS has mostly been defeated, the time to rebuild has come. Will the Syrian government revert to the pre-ISIS status quo, in Weiner offers an examination of the disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign and today's which Assad was far from a benevolent ruler, or will changes be political landscape. A fascinating look at how campaigns work and made? what can go wrong, perfectly paced and directed. Cross curricularideas The West Wing (TV series) Public Policy Analysis Aaron Sorkin, United States, 1999-2006 The most practical form of politics, PPA students will critically look at Cutthroat presidential advisers get their personal lives hopelessly preexisting policies to determine whether they are effective, and tangled up with professional duties as they try to conduct the design new policies to implement. A great course of study for business of running a country. A surprisingly realistic (and someone interested in working for the government or a think tank. entertaining) look at what goes on inside the White House. Political Philosophy The study of topics such as: liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and Some other good stuff the enforcement of a laws by authority. What gives someone The Daily (Podcast) authority? What is the difference between might and right? These are https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/podcasts/the-daily/george- but some of the questions political philosophers try toanswer. floyd-protests.html A podcast from the New York Times that aims to explain the day's Some influential academics news in twenty minutes. Listen to this every day and you are Aristotle Greece, 384 BC-322 BC guaranteed to be well-informed about the world around you. Arguably the first political theorist, Aristotle wrote about how to combine different forms of government, how to mould existing forms American Government (MOOC) of government into better versions of themselves, and how to define citizenship. https://www.edx.org/xseries/harvardx-us-government A comprehensive introduction to American government and politics - Thomas Hobbes United Kingdom, 1588-1679 its foundations, institutions, organizations, and policies. Great for Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, which established those applying to US schools! the social contract theory that has served as the foundation for most later Western political philosophy. He wrote extensively on human nature and how policy should be adapted to fitit.

Interesting articles This is the real reason why American politics is so polarized, according to an expert https://www.businessinsider.com/sociology-explains- polarization-politics-2017-3?r=US&IR=T Tristan Bridges, United States, 2017 (information collated by Unifrog) psychology course, which went a long way toward legitimising the Psychology field. He is often called ""the father of American psychology"", and his 1200-page tract, 'The Principles of Psychology', is a foundational text Some specialist areas of the discipline. He was also one of the chief figures of the Experimental Psychology philosophical school of Pragmatism. The most classically scientific branch of psychology, experimental psychology aims to learn more about our cognition, perception and Interesting articles memory. To do so psychologists employ experimental methods on Depression is on the rise in the US, especially among young teens human and animal research subjects. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171030134631.htm A. H. Weinberger, M. Gbedemah, A. M. Martinez, D. Nash, S. Galea, R. Clinical Psychology D. Goodwin, United States, 2017 Clinical psychologists use psychological knowledge to treat and counsel those with mental illnesses. Therapy is one of the main ways Researchers use WWII code-breaking techniques to interpret brain in which patients will be treated. Clinical psychologists have a hugely data important job in a society where depression and other mental https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171213124727.htm illnesses are more and more common. Eva L. Dyer, Mohammad Gheshlaghi Azar, Matthew G. Perich, Hugo L. Fernandes, Stephanie Naufel, Lee E. Miller, Konrad P. Körding, United Hot topics States, 2017 Rising depression rates The worldwide depression rate has risen by 18% since 2005, the WHOPodcasts reports. That is a massive increase which can only partly be explained Hidden Brain https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain by better methods of diagnosis. This alarming statistic means that Shankar Vedantam , United States there is more need for therapists, as well as for research into the In this podcast, Shankar Vedantam reveals the many hard-to-see causes of depression. What is it about our contemporary world that ways our decision making and judgment are influenced by various causes people so much despair? forces, such as our built-in fear of losing money and our tendency to romanticize the past. New approaches to education The way the world's youth is being educated hasn't measurably All In The Mind changed in the last few decades, even though the world itself has https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/ changed immensely. Psychologists are trying to figure out what the Lynne Malcolm, Australia most effective forms of education are, and what we can change in Put on by the Australian Broadcast Company, 'All In The Mind' order to make kids more excited about learning. Are grades reminds listeners that human behavior must come from some place necessary? Should technology play a larger part in schools? and that place just happens to be a squishy 3-lb. lump of tissue Psychologists are setting up large-scale experiments to find out what nestled between our ears. works. Relevant films Cross curricular ideas Girl, Interrupted Behavioral Economics James Mangold, United States,1999 Economics assumes all people behave rationally and in their own self- Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a interest. Psychology has shown for years that that is not the case. mental hospital in the 1960s, this film gives us a detailed look at how Behavioral economics merges these two disciplines to create a mental illnesses where treated just a few decades ago, and how far version of economics that is more applicable to real life scenarios. The the discipline of psychology has come. discipline, although relatively new, has enjoyed immense success, and the UK's Cabinet Office has even created a Behavioral Insights Team A Beautiful Mind to help shape policy. Ron Howard, United States, 2001 Both a heart-breaking portrait of mental illness and a fascinating Psychology of Music account of the founder of game theory (arguably a psychological Why do we feel the way we do when we listen to certain songs? How field), this is a must-watch film for anyone with even a passing come some soundwaves can summon an intense array of emotions? interest in psychology. The strain the protagonists' schizophrenia The psychology of music is a complicated but fascinating fieldthat places on his family is painful to watch, and is sure to show the incorporates psychology, maths, computer science and musicology to importance of psychologicaltreatment. learn more about why music is so important to us. Some other good stuff Some influential academics Science Daily Psychology News Sigmund Freud Austria, 1856-1939 https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/psychology/ Sigmund Freud might well be the most famous psychologist: he Science Daily' is a great resource to keep up with the barrage of created the field of psychoanalysis, invented free association, and psychology research being published every day. They provide quick postulated the existence of the libido. Although his work has come and concise summaries of most research with links to the actual under criticism in contemporary times as being anti-feminist and of paper, so you can check it out for yourself if you are interested. questionable use, there is no denying that most if not all forms of psychotherapy today were influenced by him.

William James United States, 1842-1910 William James was the first the first ever educator to offer a RE/Philosophy & Ethics (information collated a way of exploring the symbols of Christian revelation as answers to the problems of human existence raised by philosophers. He believed by Unifrog) that the role of philosophy is to ask questions, and the role of theology is to answer them. Some specialist areas Philosophy of Religion Dietrich Bonhoeffer Poland, 1906-1945 Philosophy of religion is the philosophical study of the meaning and Boenhoeffer was best known for his writings on Christianity's role in a nature of religion, which includes the analysis of religious concepts, secular world, and his book The Cost of Discipleship has become a beliefs and arguments. Students who specialise in the Philosophy of modern classic. In addition to his theological writings, he wasalso Religion are encouraged to learn about various theories of moral known for his strong resistance to Nazi dictatorship, and was behaviour and consider moral arguments in relation to controversial eventually taken to a concentration camp before being executed in contemporary debates, such as those surrounding assisted suicide, 1945. abortion and the tension between morality and politics. Interesting articles Gender What does it mean to be 'Moderate' - Muslim or Otherwise? This area looks at the way in which gender is characterised in a range https://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2017/11/mean-moderate- of religious contexts, such as the biblical world, Islam and Judaism. It muslim-otherwise-2/ examines subjects such as gender inequalities, polygamy, veiling, Inas Younis, USA, 2017 adultery, the patriarchal family, property rights and violence against women. It also studies women's social and religious roles within Banking to Buddhism: Five Lessons from a Woman who Left the City religious literature, together with the complex relationship between for Bhutan https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/banking- religion and feminism. buddhism-city-london-bhutan-five-lessons-woman-learnt-emma-slade- set-free-a7680931.html Olivia Blair, England, 2017 Hot topics The Gender of God Podcasts The way in which Christianity has traditionally presented God as male Theology on the Go https://player.fm/series/theology-on-the-go has long been a contentious issue. However, this topic blew up in Jonathan Master, USA November 2017 when the Church of Sweden, which sees God as Theology on the Go is a brief conversation on eternal truths with transcending gender, made the controversial decision to change Jonathan Master, Executive Editor of PlaceForTruth.org. Each program some of the language it uses to refer to God. 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Although they cover a wide a great insight to keep in mind when you’re exploring your own range of different products, there is a close tie to product design. product design ideas.

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Eva Zeisel US / Hungary,1906-2011 Eva Striker Zeisel was known mainly for her excellent work with ceramics. She’s one of the driving forces behind making the industry as popular as it is today, having designed over 100,000 pieces. She’s won a number of awards for her work.

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