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Try your hand at travel writing
History & The Arts

Try your hand at travel writing

...open window into the soul of a country and its people’. It wasn’t always easy, the trains were variable in terms of comfort, safety and reliability but it was always surprising. In her best-selling account of the journey, ‘Around the World in 80 Trains’ (2019) Rajesh describes a journey that takes her through the vast expanses of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan as...
Gravity die casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Gravity die casting

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Image of die and cores (where applicable) sprayed with mould coat.] 1. Die and cores (where applicable) sprayed with mould coat. Mould heated using gas burners and die lubricant sprayed on. [Image of die parts assembled and clamped, and metal poured into runner.] 2. Die parts assembled and clamped, and metal poured...
Enceladus: A habitable ice world?
Science, Maths & Technology

Enceladus: A habitable ice world?

...Open University, explores...The Earth is teeming with life and yet we are only one planet, orbiting one star, in a galaxy of over 250 billion stars. Looking even wider into space, we are part of a universe that is a host to at least 200 billion galaxies, each with their respective billions of solar systems. The size of even our galaxy, the Milky Way, leads to questions...
Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society
Society, Politics & Law

Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society

...Open University...Although you are likely to have dealt with both male and female call centre agents, the fact is that 71% of workers in the global call centre industry are female. Dubbed the “female ghetto” or, more positively, “female-friendly workplaces”, women are significantly over-represented in call centres. The reason for this is linked to one of the...
A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife] Denny High School in Scotland has been helping to develop and test an ambitious and innovative new course - Astronomy with an online telescope. The eight-week badged course allows participants the unique opportunity to use one of The Open University’s two telescopes located at the...
Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...open? What is available? Archivists are a really nice lot of people but they need warning and consulting. Check essential information. Do you need ID? How many bits of information can you look at at any one time? Can you make copies and how much will it cost? Do a taster first. It is often wise not to dive in straight away but just to look at one item or related items and...
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...Open University, I was intrigued by the various staff networks available. There seemed to exist these autonomous, staff-led spaces where individuals with shared experiences could meet to support, motivate, listen to, and be heard by each other. The network for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff appealed to me, and after attending my first meeting I wanted to become...
Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind
History & The Arts

Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind

...resource for youth to distinguish themselves from other generations. Although grunge developed originally as an avant-garde or experimental genre, once it seeped into the local music scene of Seattle and evolved into its industry form, it was already well established in the collective identity of youth in the United States. Bethany Bryson. 1996. “‘Anything but Heavy...