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Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...think that it is justified? Finally, could you be an astronaut or a scientist?! Transcript Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing...
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...think held samples. If he was a Dutch Jew, he was probably a Spanish Jew by descent, and what will the difficult reader have more, in the materials for his romance? Did we gather about the grate after we had done dinner, and each tell the story of his life, or at least the most remarkable thing that had ever happened to him? I cannot say, but I remember that my friend and...
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...think about how to read the information contained in a chart effectively, alongside learning about the percentage of people in the UK who achieved 5 A DAY. The activity centres around the chart below in Figure 1. Effective study: reading a bar chart The chart in Figure 1 shows data collected in England from 2001 to 2011. It contains three main types of information: the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Stereotypes
Languages

Stereotypes

...a national stereotypes in the context of England and Germany, and then consider different definitions of stereotypes and engage with some theoretical positions and current thinking on the topic. You will also read about examples of the kinds of stereotypes about our own cultures that all of us encounter every day. Work through these articles and activities on stereotypes...
Activity 2 hrs
Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...a response in the Comments section below. I'd like to start just by asking what you think of Episode 1 and what your hopes and expectations are for the series as a whole. Why remake Civilisation now, as Civilisations in the plural, and what do you hope the series will accomplish? If it was your job to remake Kenneth Clark's Civilisation now, in 2018, how would you do it?...
Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women
History & The Arts

Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women

...think sincerely that the women have always had a logical case, and they have now got behind them a great popular demand among women. "It is no longer a movement of a few extravagant and excitable people, but a movement which is gradually spreading to all classes of women, and, that being so, it assumes the same character as franchise movements have previously assumed. "I...
Just six numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Just six numbers

...think it was the work of some sort of benign creator. Martin interprets this evidence differently. If we imagine that our Big Bang wasn't the only one, then naturally there would be some which have the requisite tuning for life to emerge, and we find ourselves in just that Universe. If there were many Big Bangs it shouldn't come as any surprise that in some of them the...
Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration
Society, Politics & Law

Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration

...particularly if you are interested in thinking about what participation means today, what national, supra-national and local identities mean, and how research is relevant for our everyday lives. This connects to many of the current and future modules in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, but will be of interest to those of you with other study interests as well....