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  1. American Political Process, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Hugh Phillips
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £175.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Deals with public policy making in the United States. Focuses on the sale of AWACS, an airborne radar system, to Saudi Arabia in 1981. The issue is an example of the way congressional activism and ethnic...

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  2. Multicultural Education: The Oldham Experience (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The multicultural and anti-racist policy of one authority is shown at various junior and infant schools. Oldham’s written policy is one page long. It states that the diverse ethnic origins of the Oldham...

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  3. Taking the Initiative (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    In 1982 the Manpower Services Commission funded a pilot scheme called the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI). It aimed to develop the curriculum in selected schools along lines intended to...

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  4. Education Reform Act, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The 1988 Education Reform Act was the most substantial piece of legislation affecting education in England and Wales since the 1944 Education Act, and seems likely to provide the basis for a whole new era in...

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  5. To Dam or Not to Dam (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) UK education

    Focuses on the findings of the World Commission on Dams, launched by Nelson Mandela in November 2000. Visits three countries to investigate the effects of the dams built there. In Brazil and Thailand local...

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  6. After the Act (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The 1944 Education Act was significant as legislation not only because it gave free secondary education to all, but in how it assigned power and control to the education system. In the early years after the...

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  7. Party in Power, A (1977 Video)

    Director
    Roger Graef
    Producer
    Brian Lapping
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 60 min.

    The INSIDE BRITISH POLITICS series of seven programmes was compiled from an archive of material recorded by Granada Television since 1971. The presenter, the late John Mackintosh, was Professor of Politics...

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  8. Earth in Crisis: Environmental Policy in an International Context (2009)

    Director
    David Humphreys
    Subject
    Environmental science

    This podcast compilation features material from the Open University ‘Earth in Crisis’ course DU311 on climate change. The collection includes eleven video tracks focusing on climate-change-induced...

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