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OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...Open University, in the Berrill Theatre and online as we host an enlightening talk exploring virtual worlds...Shailey Minocha is a Professor in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University. Her research has two strands: learning technologies and social computing. Professor Minocha will show how virtual worlds bridge time and...
Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk
History & The Arts

Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk

...Open University...Watch the lecture in full "I’ll start by asking how were people like Shakespeare and Spenser educated – what did they learn at school? What were their models of literature? How are they different from our models? And from this, what is the purpose of literature? At the end of the lecture, I’ll look at how Shakespeare and Spenser use those...
The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
History & The Arts

The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill

...Open University. Discover more about her work. References, credits and acknowledgments This video was written and presented by Professor Rosalind Crone and produced by The Open University in Wales. With thanks to Beaumaris Town Council for permission to film at Beaumaris Goal. Images Several illustrations taken from The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison...
Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Background I am a white woman from a working-class background and have lived predominantly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland all my life. I have a strong sense of my own identity as a woman and the implications of this culturally in relation to political and social developments during the course of my life. At certain stages in...
Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City

...open city’ that accepts and works with complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty. While John Tomaney finds this a learned and literate book rich in provocative metaphors and examples, the implications of today’s political and economic context, including the issue of inequality, upon its ethics of the city are underexplored...[Denver from the sky] The question of how we...
Exploring Greek vases
History & The Arts

Exploring Greek vases

...into Greek civilisation by observing the designs on the ceramics that have been acquired by these museums. The Open University’s Jessica Hughes analyses their religious mythology and Lucilla Burns discusses presentation at the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge... Encountering a Greek Vase Jessica Hughes from The Open University examines the history of a Greek vase....
The Future For Finance
Society, Politics & Law

The Future For Finance

...Open University Business School’s Centre for Accounting... Reform in the Financial Services Industry This podcast was recorded just after the Queen’s Speech on May 25th 2010, which set out the Government’s policy agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session following the General Election on May 6th 2010. The Financial Services Industry: Reform and Reinforcement...
Black British Jazz
History & The Arts

Black British Jazz

...Open University research team led by Dr Jason Toynbee who has been examining the history of Black British Jazz and the stories of the artists who have performed it. This video looks at the history of jazz and how the story dates back as far as 1919, documenting how successive waves of black musicians have contributed to developing new and uniquely British sounds, as well...