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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...work out why it is that so many people in post-socialist countries, Poland and the Czech Republic in our case study, are growing so much of their own fruit and vegetables. We call this quiet sustainability because they’re just getting on with it, without any great hoo-hah about it being an environmental commitment. Around 40% of people are growing about 40% of their own...
Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy
Education & Development

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

...work with psychologists to help these children develop key language and literacy skills. The interviews are introduced and contextualised by Professor David Messer of The Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course ED841 Understanding children's development and learning... Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy A short...
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...works...This collection explores the changing ways that the seasons of the year have been represented in art over the centuries. It consists of four short films, each of which focuses on one season. The films analyse several famous paintings by some of the best-known names in the history of art as well as well as introducing some spectacular images by less familiar...
Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...working conditions worthy of their wartime sacrifice. Berlin and Paris saw uprisings, while there were riots in London and Belfast. Then there was Glasgow, which stands out as arguably the most volatile and militant city in the UK in the first few decades of the 20th century. It was certainly the most proletarian, with a large and combative working class that had been...
What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...works) are a key component of shared culture. They present clear procedures for derivative works to give proper attribution to original works, titles, authors, sources and licenses. However, besides the benefits that the open digital culture brings, there are some problems and barriers, especially around academic integrity and plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as...
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...working in both literature and science and science fiction studies, as I investigate the many different ways in which stories are constructed around quantum physics —in popular science, in canonical literature, and in science fiction. The 2015 British Society for Literature and Science (BSLS) conference in Liverpool was one of the first conferences I ever attended, and...
Week 6 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 6 Civilisations: The debate

...works of art that speak of this history. Moreover, this was also a period of great exploration and scientific discovery, to which the visual arts contributed greatly. Which brings us to the discussion I will be moderating live between 12-1pm on Friday, 6th April. Join in by posting a response in the Comments section below (select 'save' to send your comment). This episode...
My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s
Society, Politics & Law

My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s

...working at the British Leyland factory, Bathgate, West Lothian. This was one of the largest plants of its kind established in the UK in the post-1945 era and was to represent an important source of employment for an overwhelmingly male workforce drawn from across Central Scotland...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree qualification. British Leyland...