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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Time to Think Logo: © The Open University Figures Figure 1: courtesy: © Hugh Pollock 2021 (Highgrove Media) Figures 2, 7: Artwork: © The Open University Figure 3: Christian Horz/Alamy Stock Photo Figure 4: Rudzhan Nagiev/Getty Images/iStock Figure 5: Courtesy: Gabi Kent Figure 6. 9, 11, 13: © The Open...
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...Openness and honesty Forum for children to think for themselves while expressing their views – shared decision making Information gathering and sharing Effective interaction among children and with adults involved in projects or activities in a positive way Empowerment for children as individuals and as members of society Spaces for children to have influence on actions...
The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice

...Open University's Religious Studies courses and qualifications [Thomas Coryat] In Renaissance Europe, Jews were seen as a threat to Christianity. Jews had been evicted from England in the 1290s, and were forced out of many other European states in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In those few places where they were tolerated, such as Venice, it was under sufferance,...
Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...Open University Course Y161 Introducing environment... Introducing environment A short introduction to the album. Unseen impacts Find out more about the consequences of the way you shop. Shopping by car Short car journeys are the most environmentally damaging, yet a quarter of journeys are less than 2 miles. Shopping by bus The more people replace car journeys with buses,...
A timeline between The OU and the royal family
History & The Arts

A timeline between The OU and the royal family

...Open University’s History qualifications. [A photo of the Queen visiting the OU in 1979. ©John Hunt] An image of the Queen taken by former FASS cartographer John Hunt has been selected to appear in an exhibition at Kensington Palace this summer. Taken during the monarch’s 10th-anniversary visit to The Open University in 1979, it captures her up close and smiling...
Exploring Law
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Law

...Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal system for public scrutiny. Privacy Laws and The Media Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss issues...
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The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
Education & Development

The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility

...Open University to provide a range of free learning resources, supporting our core priorities: education, training and skills...Find out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification. The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility was set up in 2017 by David Harrison, one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and Chairman of UK financial technology firm True...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a ballot with 73.3 % voting for strike action and action short of a strike (ASOS), on a 51.9% turnout (thereby achieving the threshold for industrial action under the Conservative UK Government anti-trade union...