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Unit 12 lessons
Fibre and the Gut Microbiome
A nutrition lecturer explains how dietary fibre feeds gut bacteria and why the variety of plant foods matters more than the total amount.
Rethinking Dietary Fats
A lecturer traces how official advice on dietary fat has shifted from fear of all fat toward a focus on quality and processing.
Unit 22 lessons
Attention Residue Tutorial
Two students discuss their psychology assignment on workplace concentration with their tutor and refine their experimental plan.
The Memory Reconsolidation Debate
A psychology lecturer examines whether recalling traumatic memories makes them changeable enough to treat with well timed drugs.
Unit 32 lessons
Green Corridors in Cities
An urban ecology lecture on why connected green corridors matter more to city wildlife than the size of isolated parks.
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
A lecturer explains why cities overheat, why night time temperatures are the real danger, and which remedies actually work.
Unit 42 lessons
Graphene Commercialisation Hurdles
Two postgraduates present a literature review on graphene and learn from their professor why the wonder material remains largely in the laboratory.
Self Healing Concrete and Biomineralisation
A materials science lecture on bacteria embedded in concrete that awaken to seal cracks with limestone, and the obstacles to adoption.
Unit 52 lessons
Circadian Misalignment and Shift Work
A sleep medicine lecturer argues that circadian misalignment in shift workers is a preventable occupational hazard driven by light and meal timing.
Sleep Spindles and Memory Consolidation
A lecture on how brief bursts of sleeping brain activity called spindles transfer fragile memories into durable long term storage.
Unit 62 lessons
Unit 72 lessons
Urban Sprawl Field Trip Briefing
A student asks a professor about changes to a field trip on suburban development and commuting.
Megacity Growth Lecture
A lecture on the rapid expansion of megacities and the infrastructure and governance problems it creates.
Unit 82 lessons
Circular Economy Group Project
Two students agree on the scope, methods and deadlines for a group project on the circular economy.
Industrial Symbiosis Lecture
A lecturer explains industrial symbiosis through the Kalundborg case and discusses how its benefits are measured.
Unit 92 lessons
Unit 102 lessons
Wealth Gap Seminar Discussion
Students debate Piketty, wealth taxes and feasibility while preparing a seminar presentation on inequality.
Measuring Inequality Lecture
A lecture on how economists measure inequality, from the Gini coefficient to the pitfalls of wealth data.
Unit 112 lessons
Ice Cores and Ancient Climate Records
A lecturer explains how ice cores preserve evidence of past climates and what they reveal about climate change.
Life Around Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents
A lecture about the discovery of hydrothermal vents and the ecosystems that thrive without sunlight.
Unit 122 lessons
Planning a Field Study on Natural Selection
Two students discuss their evolution research project with their tutor and revise their original plan.
Common Misconceptions About Natural Selection
A lecturer addresses widespread misunderstandings about how evolution by natural selection actually works.
Unit 132 lessons
How Astronomers Detect Exoplanets
A lecture surveying the main indirect methods used to discover planets orbiting distant stars.
DNA Replication and Its Proofreading Machinery
A lecturer describes how cells copy DNA accurately and correct errors during replication.
Unit 142 lessons
Supervising a Palaeoclimate Research Proposal
A professor guides two students as they refine the focus and methods of their palaeoclimate project.
Exploring the Hadal Zone
A lecture on the deepest ocean trenches, the technology used to reach them, and the life they contain.
Unit 152 lessons
Dark Matter and Galaxy Rotation Curves
A lecturer explains how galaxy rotation curves revealed the presence of unseen dark matter.
Designing an Epigenetics Study
A supervisor and her postgraduate students debate the design and pitfalls of an epigenetic inheritance study.
Unit 162 lessons
The Silk Roads: More Than a Trade Route
A lecturer explains why historians now describe the Silk Roads as a shifting network of exchanges rather than a single road.
Gutenberg and the Printing Revolution
A lecture on how Gutenberg's real achievement was combining existing techniques into a reliable production system.
Unit 172 lessons
Why Roman Concrete Refuses to Die
A lecturer explores recent research revealing why ancient Roman marine concrete keeps healing itself underwater.
Restoration Ethics: A Tutorial Discussion
A tutor and student debate whether restoration should aim for visual perfection or respect conservation ethics.
Unit 182 lessons
Reconstructing the Indo-European Family
A lecture tracing how linguists reconstructed a vanished ancestor language by comparing its daughter tongues.
Deciphering Linear B
A lecture on how an amateur architect cracked the Linear B script through patient statistical analysis.
Unit 192 lessons
The Maritime Silk Road and the Belitung Wreck
A lecturer uses a ninth century shipwreck to show how sea routes carried the bulk of Silk Road trade.
Who Owns the Past? The Repatriation Debate
A seminar leader unpacks the legal, ethical, and scientific arguments behind returning museum objects to source nations.
Unit 202 lessons
Language Death and the Fight to Revive
A lecture examining why languages fall silent and how revitalization programmes in New Zealand and Hawaii succeeded.
The Quiet Invention of the Alphabet
A lecture arguing that the alphabet succeeded not because it was superior but because it was cheap and learnable.