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• Exploring Online Harm Against Women and Girls: Your Body, My Choice

  What are women’s experiences of online harms? This article explores the impact of technology-facilitated violence and online harms on women and introduces a short film on this subject: Your Body, My Choice.

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• 25 years after never again: 9/11 and memorialisation

  25 years after the 9/11 attacks, how do we remember those who died? From memorials and museums to moments of silence, vigils and the reading of names, Erica Borgstrom explores the ways people come together to remember lives lost and make sense of mass death.

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• Have you ever wanted to write?

  Everyone has a story worth telling. Whether you dream of writing a novel, memoir, travel journal, script or poem, this collection will spark your creativity, help you develop your writing skills, and support you to take the first steps towards bringing your ideas to life.

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• The unexpected places we choose to lay our dead to rest

  Watch this award-winning animation and question what you know about different cultural practices after someone dies.

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• The questioning human in an AI world

  As generative AI becomes part of everyday learning, how can we make sure human thinking doesn’t get lost? Explore how students and educators can use AI critically and constructively, while keeping questioning, reflection and authentic learning at the heart of education.

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• The Weavers’ Uprising and Chatterton Massacre

  Despite its brutal repression and massive scale, this pivotal 1820s working-class protest has remained hidden for decades. The Open University, led by Dr David Scott, is starting to change this.

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• Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?

  Do you trust how forensic science evidence is used in criminal investigations? Do you want to learn about how and in what circumstances police, crime scene investigators and the court would use DNA and mobile phones in a case?

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• Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers

  How can social workers better support South Asian young adult carers? This article explains the legal duties around transition assessments, highlights key safeguarding considerations and shares practical guidance for delivering culturally sensitive, strengths-based support.

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• Behind the shield: a day in the life of matchday policing

  Lara Frumkin offers a glimpse into a day in the life of three officers policing a major football match as she accompanies them on a public order operation.

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