The Great Barrier Reef and the Battles to Save It
Today the Great Barrier Reef is in crisis from climate change. Earlier in the 1960s it was threatened by oil drilling. Learn about the battles not only to save the Great Barrier Reef but the world’s
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Fabulous Europe on a Budget
A European holiday doesn’t have to be an expensive experience. In this course we learn how to keep down the costs of your next continental adventure, whilst getting the most out of your travels.
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What is an Oratorio?
<em>"For my part, they give me an idea of heaven, where everybody is to sing whether they have voices or not."</em> - Horace Walpole on Handel’s oratorios, 1743. Combining words and music with choir,
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Security in the Post-Soviet Space: A Brief Introduction
<p>The countries of the Post-Soviet Space (i.e. the fifteen former Soviet republics which together once made up the USSR) are faced with a number of common security problems, in relation to various
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Iconic Irish Cities: Derry and Kilkenny
<p>Derry was a major centre for 1,000 years before its name was changed to Londonderry. Its walls encircle stories of the Siege of 1689 and the Troubles of the 1970s. Kilkenny was St Canice’s holy
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Democracy Matters: Mapping Australian Democracy
Democracy is much more than elections, politicians and the media. We are joined by the Sydney Alliance to hear about the bits of democracy we walk past every day in Sydney, without realising they are
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Boris Johnson's First Crisis
<p>The UK government is in turmoil, with the unexpected resignation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The crisis is being blamed on Boris Johnson’s “brain” and Dominic Cummings (who also brilliantly
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Unruly Women: Bad Girls Who Made History
<p>Join us to honour those wonderful unruly and noisy women who have challenged the patriarchy, and refused to be silent and subservient: They are women who conquered the gendered expectations of
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Whistleblowers: Why are "Truth Tellers" Vilified and Prosecuted?
<p>In recent times several democratic governments have pursued whistleblowers in the name national security. Do politicians have contempt for the truth? Are Julian Assange and Edward Snowden cyber
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Indian Hill Stations
<p>Visit three very different hill stations in India in an extensively illustrated presentation.<br/><p></p><ul><li>DARJEELING - once a convalescent and recreation town for the British civil and
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