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London's 1818 public health crisis article icon

History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

200 years ago today, the Morning Post shared a report into a health crisis gripping London - and how public health solutions offered a way out of the mess.

Article
10 mins
Key events in Scotland, 1920s-2016: A timeline activity icon

Society, Politics & Law

Key events in Scotland, 1920s-2016: A timeline

An interactive timeline of the most important events in Scottish political, cultural and economic history.

Activity
15 mins
Christmas at war: 1918 - At peace, but not at home article icon

History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1918 - At peace, but not at home

The war may have ended in November, but some men who had been captured were still facing a Christmas in the prison camps.

Article
5 mins
Reparations for slavery in Barbados article icon

Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

Jill St George, a lecturer in Law at The Open University, looks at slavery in Barbados and lays out the case for reparations for the state.

Article
5 mins
Protestivals - What are they? video icon

History & The Arts

Protestivals - What are they?

Protest Festivals or ‘Protestivals’ as they are also known, might seem like a relatively new concept, but scholars say that the roots of this particular form of protest can be found in the alternative globalisation movements that started in the 1980s. 

Video
10 mins
From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements article icon

Society, Politics & Law

From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements

Introducing the participatants in the projects, and exploring their ideas and motivations

Article
5 mins
Olde dessert recipes activity icon

History & The Arts

Olde dessert recipes

Try making some dessert recipes - and get a taste of bygone days.

Activity
5 mins
Listening for form in popular music free course icon level 2: intermediate icon

History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

This free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. It looks at three strategies for communicating form – through the use of specialist terms (such as ‘chorus’ and ‘bridge’), alphabetic designations (for example AABA), and visual diagrams. It also considers how the form of a song works with ...

Free course
10 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background free course icon level 3: advanced icon

History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

The music of Mozart has been used to examine the foreground and middleground of harmony in free courses AA314_1 and AA314_2. In this free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background, you will use Beethoven's Eighth Symphony to consider the largest-scale stage of voice-leading analysis.

Free course
20 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective free course icon level 3: advanced icon

History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences future music production. This free course, Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective, explores how audience reception, changing social ...

Free course
15 hrs
In conversation with Terry Waite audio icon

History & The Arts

In conversation with Terry Waite

How was Terry Waite able to build rapport with an Islamic extremist group? After being held captive for nearly four years, the former hostage has spent his life reconciling for peace. He talks to Open University Professor John Wolffe about how his incarceration in Beirut profoundly influenced his view that conflict resolution is rooted in ...

Audio
19 mins
The Environment article icon

Education & Development

The Environment

YXM130 Example subject pathway created by Sarah McKernan, Tutor Support Manager.

Article
5 mins