Education & Development
Leigh-Anne Perryman on going the distance
The Open University's Leigh-Anne Perryman explains how long a distance learning course takes to complete in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
Society, Politics & Law
Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
...free movement and created lives in the country under the reasonable supposition that they could stay forever, were told that their future was uncertain in the wake of the referendum about whether to leave the EU. The political rhetoric and violent incidents against people speaking European languages in public recall the experiences half a century ago of those who had...
Education & Development
Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
...free. The online version (for IWBs) is: http://talkfactory.uk/ The iPhone/iPad app is free from the Apple app store. There is an android app for free in Google Play. If you would like to discuss using Talk Factory in your class, please contact cindy.kerawalla@open.ac.uk or mchudasama@oakgrove.school (@innovatejournal) References Kerawalla, L. (2015) Talk Factory Generic:...
Society, Politics & Law
Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation
...free movement. Throughout 2016, a round-up of rough sleepers in London is reported to have taken place with the cooperation of outreach teams from homelessness charities, which allegedly passed information about non-UK-citizens who were sleeping rough to the Home Office, leading to detentions and deportations. During this time, charities’ data were also reportedly being...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE
...courses. In April 2024, The Open University (OU) held an online meeting attended by over 150 participants to launch the new Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course on European crime fiction. The meeting featured a discussion between Bill Alder of the OU and acclaimed crime fiction author Simon Brett OBE. In the conversation, Simon and Bill guide attendees on a...
Education & Development
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
...courses. History The English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in Barbados in the past, including Caribs and Arawaks, a visit by the Portuguese in 1536...
Education & Development
Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'
...course to residents in the Calais Jungle, a camp for migrants and refugees outside the French city. Life Stories in the Jungle has been running since November 2015. I travel with a team of colleagues and students from the University of East London to Calais on a regular basis to meet and recruit students in the camp, read relevant literature together, including writings...
Science, Maths & Technology
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
...free' apps on Google, Windows and Apple infrastructure are breaking US antitrust law. Writing for The Conversation, John Newman has reassuring news for the multibillion industries, though - a lot of free-to-use activity gets overlooked by the regulators: U.S. antitrust law is uniquely devoted to a strain of economics often called “price theory.” Beginning in the...