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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...learn more about how hope is overcoming various structural challenges for all who want education in South Sudan, but where the barriers for girls are particularly evident. The history of education in South Sudan Few people are familiar with South Sudan, a country larger than France, with stunning richness of landscapes and cultures and with around 12 million people. South...
What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

...learn more about FGM and the different kinds of procedures that are involved in our podcast and collection of articles. References Burrage, H. (2025) FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) & Harmful Practices Website. Available at: https://hilaryburrage.com/fgm/(Accessed: 26 September 2025). NSPCC (2025) What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Other Names for FGM. Available at:...
Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...learn about toxicology. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science. Life on Mars, controlling disease and 3D printers We discuss life on Mars with Open University scientists; getting into science and the future of disease control with epidemiologists at the Royal Society Women in...
Audio 3 hrs 50 mins
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...learning disabilities, after they received a gold medal. The team were stripped of their awards and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned all athletes with learning difficulties from competing in the Games until more rigorous eligibility tests were implemented. [...] In the four years since the London Games Professor Burns, who is also Head of Eligibility at...
How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) had to present on behalf of the official Labour party, it falls to me to be the first Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe … that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45...
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...learn and internalise these as they grow up. Some people feel quite comfortable in their expected gender roles, while others feel comfortable in some aspects of their gender, but uncomfortable in others. Exactly what those gender roles are, and how they’re expressed, has changed over time and will change again in the future. What we see as acceptable for men and women...
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Week 1 practice quiz Open the quiz in a new window or tab, then return to this week when you’re done...Week 1: How the body recognises a viral infection: 5 Summary - This week, we introduced the wide range of viruses that produce disease in humans, before focusing on two respiratory viruses − influenza-A and SARS-CoV2....
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...learn about the law-making process in Scotland, explore how the legal system has been influenced by change and consider how law has been used to respond to developments in society. Scots laws and lawyers have influenced development of laws on a national, regional and global level and you explore examples of this influence. You'll consider how words such as reasonableness,...