History & The Arts
World Poetry Day
21st March is World Poetry Day. Take a look at a range of powerful poems in our poetry prescription tool, view our videos and try a range of free courses...The videos
Digital & Computing
National Coding Week
National Coding Week is here and this year's theme focuses on AI - so delve into our FREE courses, articles and video content on all things to do with coding and artificial intelligence.
History & The Arts
Medea
Discover the Ancient Greek tragedy Medea (by Euripides), in our two-minute animation voiced by Angela Griffin...This content is associated with The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. Transcript
History & The Arts
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
...German literature: it was on the introduction of Shakespeare into German by Lessing, and the translation of his works by Wieland and Schlegel, that the rapid burst of German literature was most intimately connected. It was not until the nineteenth century, whose speculative genius is a sort of living Hamlet, that the tragedy of Hamlet should find such wondering readers....
Nature & Environment
Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context
...course team explore the main issues raised in the videos. The final three audio tracks explore some of the wider political and scientific dimensions of climate change. This material forms part of The Open University course DU311, Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context... Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context A short...
Languages
A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
...course using a variety of authentic materials from Spain and Latin America to improve your language skills and knowledge of Spanish-speaking societies. The course has seven themes that give a broad introduction to different aspects of Spanish-speaking countries. These are: cultural diversity, art, society, languages in contact, science and technology, trade and employment...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Mental Health: Lennox Castle
...course K101 An introduction to health and social care... Mental Health: Lennox Castle A short introduction to this album. An introduction to health and social care Professor Joanna Bornat of the K101 course team gives an overview of The Open University course. Lennox Castle - academic perspective Professor Joanna Bornat of the K101 course team explains why the case study...
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