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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90º north and the South Pole latitude...
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...education and training for jurors. Providing jurors with information about rape myths, their impact, and how to recognize and address them can help to reduce their influence on the decision-making process (Pang, Davies and Lui, 2022). It is also important to ensure that judges and lawyers are aware of the impact of rape myths on jurors and the need to challenge and...
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...educated, possibly part-time or self-employed, probably working in a small work place with just ten or twenty employees." Worker happiness is not an add-on For worker happiness to come about, it needs to be integrated into an organisation's working practices and into what economists call the work contract between capital and labour. Angela Ishmael, of The Work Foundation:...
How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...Education figures suggests an alternative reason. Just five years after graduation, long before starting a family, women engineers and architects are already being paid less than their male counterparts. The lack of career progression that this suggests increases with age, with the number of women in senior positions dwindling to a minuscule proportion. With such...
Are you a Christian without a church? Take the survey
History & The Arts

Are you a Christian without a church? Take the survey

...but only about 15% of these said they belonged to, or were active members of, a church. That leaves a large number of people who identify themselves as Christian who aren't active members of a particular church. The Open University is interested in finding out what Christianity means to these 'missing' Christians - and, if you're one, we'd love to hear your views....
Are you a super recogniser?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a super recogniser?

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications [Character with white shirt and blue shorts looks through a magnifying glass on a red background. Could you be a super recogniser?] Select the image above to take the quiz Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google...
Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham

...Open University, explores the fast-changing world of research into migration and belonging...[Munich panorama] Migration was one of the most heatedly debated issues throughout the EU referendum campaign. In the months leading up to Brexit, European and non-European migrants alike were repeatedly named and shamed. In the aftermath, they report experiencing a mixture of...
The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness
Scotland Colleges

The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness

...place. Explore the articles in this collection . Acknowledgements This material draws from an Open University course based on the work of Pat Jess. Jess, P. (1985) ‘Unit 17 Local Change in the West of Ireland’, in The Open University (1985) D205 Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Broadcast Handbook, Milton Keynes, The Open University Press....