Money & Business
Understand how interest works on your savings account
Want to know more about how interest earnings build up (or 'compound') on a savings account? This short video uses an example to show how it all works...Transcript
Science, Maths & Technology
Dr Vicky Taylor on her work with Asian Elephants
Dr Vicky Taylor describes her work with Asian elephants and how the partnership with Woburn Safari Park contributes to our courses...Explore the OU/BBC series Vicky Taylor was academic advisor for
History & The Arts
Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
...works of fiction for you to download and read on your prefered device. ...The Introduction collection In this collection of free eBooks you will find new extended introductions to some classic works of fiction, looking at the creation, themes and characters of the works - Charles Dickens' Great Expectations; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Viriginia Wolf's Mrs Dalloway;...
History & The Arts
Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
...worked in various jobs and spent her spare time writing several long short stories, none of which were published. The turning point in her early life came when Lee developed what had begun as a string of short stories into a novel that was eventually published in 1960 as To Kill a Mockingbird. It was an immediate success, winning several awards including a Pulitzer Prize...
Education & Development
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
...work and send feedback, and they used apps to teach and introduced students to programs that let them work together on projects. In the aftermath of school closures, the market for EdTech has kept on growing. The value of the sector is projected to rise to US$132.4 billion globally by 2032 (£106 billion). The problem is that we don’t know very much about how effective...
Education & Development
Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)
...work can feel risky but it doesn’t have to be. This article explores how to raise issues constructively, using a simple framework that focuses on clarity, solutions and professionalism...Nobody likes to be the one to point out problems at work, but sometimes it does fall to us. How can we do it in a constructive way that gets the core message across and doesn’t affect...
History & The Arts
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
...work leave thanks to a larger subsidy being offered in Ontario and other jurisdictions. Direct subsidies also do not, on their own, either increase work or skills. The rise in work they bring in certainly do, but tax relief itself does not spur creativity or the desire to create new content. Why Indirect Government Subsidies Are Better Indirect subsidies are essentially...
Science, Maths & Technology
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
...work...In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of failure. How come the networked collaboration that...