Data science is a new discipline driven by the torrents of data avalaible today. In recent years, ocw has substantially increased its video content. The university of oxford is one of the worlds leading centres for the study of africa. In this free course, composition and improvisation in crosscultural perspective, we will explore the relationship between the two using examples of asian music to help us clarify the concepts. One of the highlights of the rse schools calendar is the annual christmas lecture.
Christmas science lectures university of oxford podcasts. Please check your local listings for telecast times. A conservative estimate puts it north of 15,000 hours. From databases that organize over 1,000,000 students throughout 16 universities, to a small library of documents for those interested in history.
Series of lectures on a single topic, presenting scientific subjects to a general audience in an informative and entertaining. Note registration for the christmas lectures zone has now closed. This extract, titled christmas, is anchored in the december of 1862, and includes some personal views which are very much of their time. Series of lectures on a single topic, presenting scientific subjects to a general audience in an informative and entertaining manner. Composition and improvisation in crosscultural perspective. We are a communitymaintained distributed repository for datasets and scientific knowledge about terms terms. Join the hundreds of school children from around the country taking part in the annual oxford university christmas science lectures, where world renowned scientists aim to entertain and inspire the next generation with their often explosive insights into science. For more like this subscribe to the open university channel free learning. Refer to the overview of cancer discovery activities for key concepts and learning objectives, curriculum connections, and prior knowledge, as well as background information, references, and additional related resources. From time to time, open university academics give public lectures, many of which are available to watch live.
Christmas in dreamthorp the essayist and poet alexander smiths dreamthorp is a collection of essays he wrote in the countryside. Online courses from the open university futurelearn. We offer nearly free courses across 8 different subject areas. The royal institution is the home of science in the heart of london, with a packed programme of accessible science for adults, children, families and schools. Audiovideo lectures mit opencourseware free online. A public lecture also known as an open lecture is one means employed for educating the public in the arts and sciences. Started by michael faraday in 1825, and now broadcast on national television every year, the christmas lectures are the uks flagship science series. Physics christmas lectures 20 university of warwick. This years christmas lecture series will be held in ms. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner.
Wisconsin public television recorded the program for telecasts on pbs and other cable stations. Over 4000 free audio and video lectures, seminars and teaching resources from oxford university. Check back in january 2010 for information on how to purchase a dvd copy of the 40th anniversary lecture. In terms of language learning, it is important for scholars and regular citizens alike to learn french, because it is increasingly useful in the global landscape. Most of the lectures and course material within open yale courses are licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialshare alike 3. The result is a scalable, secure, and faulttolerant repository for data, with blazing fast download speeds. English is a restless, creative, and imaginative subject. Studies show that there are some 65 million french speakers worldwide. She is also a fellow and tutor in biochemistry at hertford college, oxford. The open university has 50 years experience delivering flexible learning and 170,000 students are studying with us right now.
To help mark this occasion, saiful is joined by former christmas lecturers on stage, and repeats and reimagines some of the most famous experiments and demonstrations. Christmas lectures 2014 royal institution christmas. Book your place to the cyber security christmas lectures free and fun, the talks will take place 10am12noon and 12. The royal institution christmas lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the royal institution in london each year since 1825, missing 193942 because of the second world war. Open paths and trails open concerts and recitals links to events programmes of organizations in london and in villages, towns, areas, regions throughout england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. Weve designed a distributed system for sharing enormous datasets for researchers, by researchers. For the 2015 christmas lecture, we were joined by professor tony prescott and some of the team from sheffield robotics. This shrinks the list of your favorite torrents finders to few. Pretty staggering, especially considering that these lectures come from worldclass institutions like stanford, mit, yale, uc berkeley, and oxford. Yet from the moment of conception, to the formation of limbs, to the development of brains theres something that all living things depend on. Waves and ripples in water, air, and aether, being a.
All open content university of oxford podcasts audio. The 2014 christmas lectures, sparks will fly, will be broadcast over the festive period, and each week thereafter until the end of january 2015, there. The english departments open lectures will give your pupils a taster of university life while introducing them to concepts, texts, and questions that will support them in. Six nights of fantastic new ideas, explosions, experiments and answers to questions taxing the university of warwicks finest minds. Our handpicked educators, small classes sizes and success coaches will help you thrive in your chosen field and ensure that you always look forward to monday. Cyber security christmas lectures the university of.
The open university has become a global leader in the number of downloads on the itunes u service, which allows students to download free video and audio recordings of lectures. The lecture series gives the mit community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought. A growing selection of our courses offer a free open university digital badge. Open universitys record itunes u downloads bbc news.
Events for schools and families faculty of science the open. Theatrical flashes and bangs ensure the popularity of the christmas lectures from the royal institution and the bbc. No youtubedailymotion etc links for shows, you can post youtube trailers for new shows tho. The ou meets pink floyd about managing projects through people audio. Chile, china, christmas island, cocos keeling islands, colombia, comoros, congo, congo, the democratic republic of the, cook islands, costa rica. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we. Waves and ripples in water, air, and aether, being a course of christmas lectures delivered at the royal institution of great britain by fleming, john ambrose, 1849. Whether you re seeking to improve your career path or your companys steps toward efficiency, energy university helps you achieve your energy education goals. All christmas lectures are expected to be full, so. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level access courses 46 and certificates 47 14. In the 19th century, the popularity of the public lectures given by sir humphry davy at the royal institution was so great that the volume of carriage. But these public science lectures began long before television, when even. Royal institution christmas lectures 2016 bbc four duration. These are the newtab ads which open up on every click.
Learn about distance learning with us as an international ie nonuk based student. These exciting and educational lectures, featuring exceptional speakers, have taken place in locations throughout. The event is taking part on the tuesday, dec 5th 2006 at 10. Sir konstantin novoselov, recipient of one of iops highest awards, honorary fellowship, talks about the work that led to the discovery of graphene, what makes it so special, its current applications and what the future holds for this remarkable material. Christmas lectures 2016 ri christmas lectures 2016. An open lecture on anticorruption was held at the faculty of law and political science national university of laos. In this scenario, the data youre downloading through the torrent might exist on hundreds of servers at once, but these servers are almost always a standard personal computer in a home, just like yours. The open university has 50 years experience delivering flexible learning and. Unless explicitly set forth in the applicable credits section of a lecture, thirdparty content is not covered under the creative commons license. Anyone with an interest in teaching and learning is warmly invited to attend our open lectures.
Life is the greatest show on earth from the lowliest worm to the mightiest mammal. Thank you to the 2016 christmas lectures major supporter, lloyds register foundation. Dr sean williams of the open university talks to pink floyds drummer nick mason about his drumming concerns and career. Not ready for university study then browse over 900 free courses on openlearn 48 15 and sign up to our newsletter 49 16 to hear about new free courses as they are released. The open university is the uks largest academic institution and a world pioneer in distance learning. Dr alison woollard will be presenting the 20 christmas lectures. The royal institution has a long history of public lectures and demonstrations given by prominent experts in the field. The lectures are free and open to all with some events requiring a ticket so please check the individual web listing. To date, weve taught more than two million students worldwide. Add this to the fact that nearly 50 countries officially speak french. W hether you are looking for a masters degree program, computer science classes, a k12 curriculum, or ged study program, this list gives you a look at 50 websites that offer free online courses. Ocw is delivering on the promise of open sharing of knowledge. Danielle is a professor of radio frequency engineering in the microwave and communications systems research group at the university of manchester, and presenter of the 2014 christmas lectures. The open university and milton keynes safermk are hosting this event to launch their new joint initiative on researching local crime and justice issues.
The lecture was one of ilstas activities to raise public awareness and disseminate information about corruption. Lse host a public lecture programme plp consisting of over 100 lectures every term. Produced by the open university, a world leader in open and distance learning, all openlearn courses are free to study. The compton lectures were established in 1957 to honor the late karl taylor compton, who served as president of mit from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the mit corporation from 1948 to 1954. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level access courses and certificates.
Audiovideo lectures this page lists ocw courses and supplemental resources that contain video andor audio lectures. We took our collection of 550 free online courses from great universities and did a backoftheenvelope estimate of the total number of hours of free audiovideo lectures it offers. Torrens university australia courses are designed to place passionate people into careers that they love. At this time, our focus is largely as a resource that high school students and college undergraduates might turn to for information about student life, academic programs, and promotional videos about the ua.
Browse our course catalog of over 200 free, vendorneutral elearning courses in over. For more information on this years christmas lectures, visit the ri site. Alison woollard is a university lecturer in genetics in the biochemistry department at the university of oxford working on the developmental genetics of the nematode worm caenorhabditis elegans. The warwick christmas lectures warwick arts centre.
December 12, 2015 december 12, 2015 natalie clamp biology, blogs, brain and behaviour, brainwaves, cognitive psychology, gallery, science and society, science in the modern world. Achieve success your own way with torrens university australia. Final royal institution christmas lecture filming tonight. The university of arizonas youtube channel went public in late january 2008. Through talks in our world famous theatre, leading scientists and cultural commentators explore the latest amazing science and the way in which it shapes our lives. From the broadcast of the lectures over the festive period to the end of january 2017, we will have a varied group of experts, including 2016 christmas lectures presenter, saiful islam, online to answer questions and take part in live chats. Maths christmas lecture the event is taking part on the tuesday, dec 5th 2006 at 10. It is a joint project of the university of michigan and university of texas along with others to built a distributed. Open the torrent file to start the download process. This means you will have lectures in both eindhoven and tilburg. After the sellout success of last years lectures, tickets for these fabulous and free events, produced in association with the university of warwicks faculty of science, are likely to fly out the door like an excited quark.