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  1. BBC Radio 4 Analysis Podcasts Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r4vz/episodes/downloads
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Current Affairs, Politics and Government, Social Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    BBC series examining the ideas and forces, which shape public policy in Britain and abroad. The programmes are presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics. Recent episodes include How to Kill a Democracy, which looks at how democracies around the world are being dismantled; What are Universities for? which looks at the main purpose of the sector; and Why Are Even Women Biased Against Women, which examines discriminatory attitudes amongst women. There is also The Best of Analysis, where episodes are grouped under specific subject headings including, Economics, British Politics, Global Politics, Political Islam, Education, gender and Identity, Society and Culture, Europe, and Business and Finance.

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  2. The Conversation Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0290t8h
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Radio Studies, Women’s Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    In this BBC podcast series, women from different cultures talk about their paths to success. Each programme, which lasts 30 minutes, presents the story of two exceptional women in a particular professional field. These include: judges, comics, explorers, fashion bosses and fashion designers, triathletes, scientists, advertising executives, activists, ambassadors, psychiatrists, surgeons, chefs, conductors, stuntwomen, rappers, artists, filmmakers, songwriters, war photographers, volcanologists, zoo keepers, perfume makers and many more. There is also The Conversation in…where a panel of successful women discuss current events taking place in their cities. All the programmes are available indefinitely.

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  3. Network Rail Streaming

    Link
    https://www.youtube.com/user/networkrail/playlists
    Category
    Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Engineering
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    One of the best examples of moving image applied to industry is the films made by the British Transport Film Unit between 1949 and 1982. They catered for the transport industry’s need to train its vast work-force, keep the public informed of new developments, and manage their corporate reputation within the sector. Network Rail commissions short videos to support today’s needs including, internal reviews, scientific research, historical records, training, safety, corporate communication and public relations. Their videos are available on their Youtube Channel and are organised into Playlists which include: Week on the Network, Safety, Level Crossing, Working with Communities and Passengers and detailed account of specific improvement plans such as Ordsall Chord and the Electrification project from Gospel Oak to Barking.

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  4. Seeing Speech Streaming

    Link
    https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Languages, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    Online resource created by researchers from six Scottish universities to provide teachers and students of phonetics with examples of ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI) and lip video speech, magnetic resonance imaging video speech and 2D midsagittal head animations. The website offers a series of < ahref="https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/ipa-charts/">interactive charts which allow the user to listen to sounds and see vocal-organ movements imaged with either ultrasound, MRI or in animated form. There is also the Dynamics Dialects interactive articulatory accent database, which contains an articulatory video-based corpus of speech samples from world-wide accents of English. Resources on this site are grouped into: Accent Map, Accent Chart and an Introduction to UTI and Lip video recording techniques.

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  5. BBC Teach Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbc.com/teach
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Education
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    The new home to all the BBC classroom resources, which cover 22 subjects ranging from early years to GCSE. Major cultural events such as Black History Month or Shakespeare Season are also covered. The new site includes: Primary and Secondary Class clips, which are arranged by subject and age group; Live Lessons, half-hour curriculum-linked webcasts for the classroom; School Radio, with resources covering music, dance, history, collective workshop, literacy and maths; Terrific Scientific, which is aimed at encouraging scientific enquiry for Key Stage2; Ten Pieces, the classical music project which aims to open up the world of classical music to 7 to 14-year-old across the UK.

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  6. The Do Lectures Streaming

    Link
    https://www.thedolectures.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Education, Environmental Studies, Food, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    Launched in 2007, The Do Lectures project aims to ‘create a safe space to ask better questions’. The event runs for three days once a year and is hosted on an old farm in Cardigan, West Wales. The talks are filmed and then made available for free. The lectures are organised into ten categories: Adventure, Business, Creativity, Education, Environment, Food, Future You, Social Change, Technology and Well-being.

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  7. The Resolution Foundation Streaming

    Link
    https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Economics, Social Studies, Social Welfare
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Founded in 2005, The Resolution Foundation is an award-winning thinktank that conducts authoritative analytical research on living standards in the UK. The website offers free access to reports and statistical data, which could be used as educational resources by students and lecturers of socioeconomics. Specific subjects covered include: Incomes and Inequality; Jobs, Skills and Pay; Housing, Wealth and Debt; Tax and Welfare; Public Finances and the Economy; Intergenerational Commission. There are also Podcast and Video Channel sections which feature interviews and lectures by notable UK politicians and economists.

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  8. World Food Programme Videos Streaming

    Link
    http://www1.wfp.org
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Agriculture, Environmental Studies, Food, Geography, Social Studies, Women’s Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Streaming/Download

    The World Food Programme is one of the leading humanitarian organisations, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition. Free short videos are available via their website and these are organised into four categories: Video Stories, Corporate, Public Service Announcement and Video News Releases. There is also a wide range of educational and research material (e.g. factsheets, case studies, discussion papers, etc) on Climate change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender Equality, Nutrition and Sustainable Livelihood and Ecosystems. Users can search all the resources by Publication or Video type, Topic, Country and Year.

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  9. Why Poverty? Streaming

    Link
    https://thewhy.dk/whypoverty/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Development Studies, Economics, Education, Food, Geography, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Funding, Web Links

    A collection of eight documentaries and 34 short films, all accessible for free via the Why Poverty website. The films address eight difficult questions: How do you change the world; How much inequality is too much; What does an education get you; Is it worse to be born poor than to die poor; How do you feed the world; Are women better at getting out of poverty than men; Do we know what poverty is; How much profit is fair. Why Poverty is an initiative of The Why Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation that produces and distributes factual public media projects to promote independent information on key global issues. Other documentary series produced so far include: Why Democracy and Why Women.

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  10. Why Women? Streaming

    Link
    https://thewhy.dk/whywomen/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Social Studies, Women’s Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Funding, Video Sources, Web Links

    A collection of films aimed to raise awareness of girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing worldwide. There are four documentaries and ten short films, all accessible for free; also learning materials, including articles and facts. Why Women? is an initiative of The Why Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation that produces and distributes factual public media projects to promote independent information on key global issues. Other documentary series produced so far include: Why Democracy and Why Poverty.

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