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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...study materials are still developed in-house, at considerable expense. Every text that students need is now available on mobile devices such as iPads. On the revenue side, the university is pursuing a freemium model, attempting to turn some content browsers into paying students. For example, although the BBC no longer broadcasts OU lectures, the two institutions...
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Studies at Birmingham City University, and Holly Brewer (pictured below right), Professor of American Cultural and Intellectual History at the University of Maryland. [Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies and Holly Brewer, Professor of American Cultural and Intellectual History.] Play the audio clip. As you listen, keep a note of the key points made by the two...
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...Studies qualifications. The master's tool will never dismantle the master's house (A. Lorde) To understand the stigmatisation, misrepresentation and demonisation of African Caribbean religions, it is pivotal to develop a cultural consciousness which could look critically at the narrative constructed by the West during centuries of colonisation, cultural, religious and...
Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
History & The Arts

Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history

...studies to use a racist and orientalist tone, as this extract from Rowse’s Homosexuals in History (1977) shows: Three years in Algeria opened his eyes – Algeria was a Mecca for all this circle: no Protestant obfuscations there. Gide [nineteenth/twentieth century French novelist] fell for a voluptuous native boy, Athman, who must have been very satisfying in contrast...
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...skills, to help protect your digital life. We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. As our lives increasingly depend on digital services, the need to protect our information from being maliciously disrupted or misused is really important. Transcript This free online course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to...
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course, you will be able to: understand how the immune system protects against viral infection detect antibodies against COVID-19, using the ELISA technique distinguish individuals who have had a COVID-19 infection, from those who have had a COVID-19...
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...studying and developing your skills with The Open University: OU study explained Skills for study...Brighton Pavilion: Glossary - * Chinoiserie: the deployment of ‘Chinese’ motifs within interior decor, popular from the early eighteenth century onwards. The most widespread example of this is the so-called ‘willow pattern’ used on domestic china which persists to...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...study in Science...Achieving public dialogue: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a greater awareness of science-based issues of public importance demonstrate a greater insight into the phrase ‘the public understanding of science’ demonstrate a raised awareness of the ways in which the public can be consulted in relation...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs