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Languages are in crisis in our schools – could creativity help save the subject?

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Linguamania
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Can a creative approach to the study of languages enhance learner outcomes?
Faced with the dramatic fall in UK students learning a foreign language, Creative Multilingualism's Language Learning research team have been exploring different ways of teaching languages in schools. Could there be a way to help students feel more positive about language learning, while also improving their learning outcomes? In this episode of LinguaMania, Suzanne Graham, Linda Fisher, Heike Krüsemann and Julia Hofweber tell you about a programme they've been running with students learning French and German in schools across the UK. You can see the full transcript on the Creative Multilingualism website: https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/linguamania-episode-5-languages-are-crisis-our-schools-could-creativity-help-save-subject
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Linguamania
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Suzanne Graham
Linda Fisher
Heike Krüsemann
Julia Hofweber
Keywords
education
language learning
teaching
foreign languages
MFL
schools
multilingualism
creativity
Department: Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages
Date Added: 17/04/2020
Duration: 00:12:51

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Conflict and Wellbeing Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa

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Changing Character of War
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Ricardo Nogales gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series.

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Changing Character of War
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Ricardo Nogales
Keywords
war
conflict
Africa
sub-saharan Africa
Department: Pembroke College
Date Added: 16/04/2020
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Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus

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Changing Character of War
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Sara Polo, University of Essex, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series.

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Changing Character of War
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Sara Polo
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war
terrorism
refugees
migration
politics
conflict
Department: Pembroke College
Date Added: 16/04/2020
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The Russian Understanding of War

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Changing Character of War
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Oscar Jonsson, Stockholm Free World Forum, gives a talk for the Changing Character of War Programme.

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Changing Character of War
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Oscar Jonsson
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war
Russia
politics
Department: Pembroke College
Date Added: 16/04/2020
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Terrorism and Recent Developments in Human Rights

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Changing Character of War
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Lord John Alderdice gives a talk for the Changing Character of War seminar series.

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Changing Character of War
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John Alderdice
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war
terrorism
human rights
Department: Pembroke College
Date Added: 16/04/2020
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How do mathematicians model infectious disease outbreaks?

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Models. They are dominating our Lockdown lives. But what is a mathematical model? We hear a lot about the end result, but how is it put together? What are the assumptions? And how accurate can they be?
In our first online only lecture Robin Thompson, Research Fellow in Mathematical Epidemiology in Oxford, will explain. Robin is working on the ongoing modelling of Covid-19 and has made many and varied media appearances in the past few weeks

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Robin Thompson
Keywords
Covid-19
coronavirus
infection COVID-19
modelling
maths
lockdown
mathematical models
epidemics
Epidemiology
infectious diseases
outbreaks
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 15/04/2020
Duration: 01:04:18

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Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issues

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Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issues
Thinking Out Loud provides audio-podcasts based on a series of videos produced by Katrien Devolder in which she talks to leading philosophers from around the world on topics related to practical ethics. The podcast and videos are meant for a non-specialist audience. You can watch the videos on the Practical Ethics Channel. Katrien is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

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The Lillies of the Fields

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Back Garden Biology
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The beautiful snake's-head fritillary is the flower of Oxfordshire. In this episode we look closely at the flowers it produces.
The snake's-head fritillary is the county flower of Oxfordshire. Some consider it mournful, because of its drooping flower heads and dark purple colour. But some individuals produce white flowers instead. In this episode we learn how two different colours might remain in a population and one possible explanation involves reliance on herd immunity - a key concept in the current coronavirus crisis
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Back Garden Biology
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Lindsay Turnbull
Keywords
fritillary
flower colour
herd immunity
pollinators
anthocyanins
Department: Department of Plant Sciences
Date Added: 13/04/2020
Duration: 00:14:00

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Oxford Mathematics 2nd Year Student Lecture - Differential Equations 2

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Oxford Mathematician Peter Howell starts the second part of the 2nd year Differential Equations course which focuses on boundary problems.
This lecture follows on from the lecture series last term - the first lecture of that series can be seen here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mGAh2GlD6I&t=708s

We are making these lectures available to give an insight in to the student experience and how we teach. All lectures are followed by tutorials where pairs of students spend an hour with their tutor to go through the lectures and accompanying work sheets.
An overview of the course and the relevant materials is available here:
https://courses.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/44050

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Peter Howell
Keywords
differential equations
mathematics
student life
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 09/04/2020
Duration: 00:47:52

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Deceived with ornament

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Plants attract pollinators through their colourful flowers but some plants aren't quite what they seem.
Plants need to attract pollinators and a mass of flowers is a good way to convince bees to visit. But some plants aren’t quite what they seem. The lungwort tries to look as impressive as possible by holding onto old flowers that are long past their best, but surely bees aren’t so easily deceived? Find out how the hairy-footed flower bee has forced the plant to reveal its true colours, and meet the incredible bee-fly that’s also pretending to be something it’s not.
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Back Garden Biology
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Lindsay Turnbull
Keywords
lungwort
flowers
bee-fly
bee
deception
garden
gardening
biology
plant science
plants
Department: Department of Plant Sciences
Date Added: 06/04/2020
Duration: 00:13:51

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