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The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...worked at Bletchley Park, breaking enemy codes. The process – given the codename ‘ULTRA’ – played a key role in the Allied victory. To make it work, the British government’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, recruited some of the cleverest people they could find. Because so much of the recruitment was through personal connections or Oxford and Cambridge...
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...social factors we investigate here...This free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psycho-social factors we investigate here....Physical activity: a family affair: Introduction - For...
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...working part-time or would you prefer more leisure time and freedom? Do you need to think about later life costs or looking after other people? Being well informed and taking control of your retirement finances – rather than putting off decisions – will help you achieve your retirement dreams. This course sets out the stepping-stones to getting there. It covers the...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...working for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Iran, and I went on holidays and I was taken round oil rigs by drillers and I met the amazing Myron Kinley - who was putting out a blowout at Ahwaz 6 and it seemed to me to be an extraordinary activity. I put it out of my head, let me say, and I went to Cambridge and I thought I’d do something entirely different, simply to be...
New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place
Miscellaneous

New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place

...Work Beginners' Italian: Food and Drink Beginners' French: A Trip to Avignon Explore how you can dig a little deeper in languages with The OU. Succeed in the workplace Perhaps this time has made you revaluate your working life? Check out our badged course, and if you are returning to a in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM), feast your eyes on our interactive...
Past-Time Lover: Charles Darwin
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Charles Darwin

...work on the theory of evolution? I published a book entitled On the Origin of Species, which provided evidence towards the theory of evolution, but also proposed my theory on how exactly evolution works. Modern biology stems from this theory and life on Earth is much better understood due to my theory of natural selection. I have become quite the household name. My theory...
Larry Achiampong – Challenging Colonial Narratives with Art
History & The Arts

Larry Achiampong – Challenging Colonial Narratives with Art

...work spans various media, including video, installation, and performance, allowing him to engage with audiences in diverse ways. He blends personal narrative and collective memory, often drawing on his Ghanaian heritage while addressing broader socio-political issues and raising important questions about the legacies of colonialism. Using digital media Achiampong creates...
Week 7 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 7 Civilisations: The debate

...work of Venetian artists such as Titian and Tiepolo, Hindu images from Jodhpur in India and Japanese woodcuts. The way that different civilisations use and value colour is also shown to be shaped by cross-cultural connections; the brilliant ultramarine blue in paintings such as Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne, you might like to know, comes from lapis lazuli mined in...