3,663 search results
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...open fire rather than on her stove well into the interwar period. Other families used the stove only in the summer months or for selective cooking. Winifred Renshaw’s family continued to use their range during the winter months even after they had their gas stove. In the same period, Joyce Skinner’s family used the range in their living room for boiling hot water and...
View article How the stove changed the kitchen
Article 5 mins
Remembering Gary Slapper
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Gary Slapper

...Open University and contributor to OpenLearn and Open2.net - has died...[Gary Slapper] Gary Slapper Carol Howells, senior lecturer in law with The OU Law School, writes: It is with great sadness that the death of Professor Gary Slapper is announced. Gary first joined the OU in 1997 and was instrumental in the founding of the OU Law School and the UK’s first taught...
View article Remembering Gary Slapper
Article 5 mins
What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...learn to their school lessons. You can read more about young people’s experiences of being a researcher. If you are interested in learning more about the lives of young people, then please see the Open University prospectus about the Bachelor of Arts degree in Childhood and Youth Studies. Also, you might like to look at the Open University’s Postgraduate Prospectus....
View article What is child-led research and why is it important?
Article 10 mins
DRM explained
Digital & Computing

DRM explained

...Open University decry attempts to provide digital locks on content...EDITOR'S NOTE: John Perry Barlow, internet pioneer, died February 7th 2018. In 2010 he was a participant in the OU/BBC programme The Virtual Revolution, and we were lucky enough that he agreed to offer some extra insights for OpenLearn. For John Perry Barlow, DRM locks fundamentally break the system...
View video DRM explained
Video 5 mins
Representations of hell in Christian art
History & The Arts

Representations of hell in Christian art

...Open University, department of Art History (lead investigator: Angeliki Lymberopoulou). The outcome of this research will appear in a two-volume publication by Cambridge University Press: Hell in the Byzantine World: A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean (general editor: Angeliki Lymberopoulou, expected date of publication 2020)....
View article Representations of hell in Christian art
Article 10 mins
The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
Miscellaneous

The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management

...Open University, the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Live stream: Trailer video: Edoardo Ongaro is Professor of Public Management at the Faculty of Business and Law at The Open University (OU). Previously he held positions at Northumbria University, as Professor of International Public Services Management, and SDA Bocconi School of Management...
View article The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
Article 5 mins
The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...with a new language, and to welcome the inevitable linguistic uncertainty that is to come with open arms. After all, the psychological benefits of multilingualism speak for themselves. About Séverine Hubscher-Davidson - Séverine is a Senior Lecturer in French and Translation, and the Head of Translation, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University...
View article The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Article 5 mins
What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...open their homes and hearts to children who cannot live with their own families, whether that be for a few days, weeks, months or even years. There can be many reasons why such situations arise, for example family illness, crisis, or situations where home isn’t safe. Fostering is unique in that it combines the responsibilities of parenting with professional duties, all...
View article What foster carers want you to know
Article 5 mins