3,396 search results
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...Open University's Social Sciences courses In December 1981, the Plessey Company announced plans to shut down their Capacitors plant in Bathgate. The factory – which employed predominantly women assembly workers – had been downsized substantially throughout the 1970s. Despite this, the decision to cease operations completely stunned the remaining workers. In the weeks...
View article The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Article 10 mins
PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...Open University's Rules of the Game...This article is adapted from The Rules Of The Game, a BBC/Open University co-production from 2002. As such, some topical references might have dated. We're leaving the article here for historical context. See our latest content about football [PY with a football] A football team is not like other businesses – it can never be in a...
View article PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Article 15 mins
Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...open-eyed, then the eyes gently close, As petals fold into the heart of a rose, But ope soon again in awe, love, but no fear, And fondly they murmur, "Our mammie is here." She lays them down softly, she wraps them around; They lie in sweet slumbers, she starts at a sound, The cock loudly crows, and the spirit's away-- The drunkard steals in at the dawning of day. Again...
View article Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
Article 5 mins
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a meeting of local council tenants. Well as I remember, the meeting had been organised by a couple of tenants who felt particularly aggrieved by a recent rent rise, and by a university lecturer who thought that this grievance might,...
View article The working-class garden
Article 15 mins
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...openness of mind and heart that allows us to face reality even as we collectively imagine ways to move beyond boundaries, to transgress. This is education as the practice of freedom.” (p. 207) Possible projects that a critical pedagogy approach might look at could include: Can school councils support articulate pupils who will engage as better citizens? Do they provide...
View article Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Article 10 mins
Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...open schooling projects focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals—such as ‘Microplastics’ (SDG 14) or ‘Carbon Neutral’ (SDG 13)—students collect data, evaluate evidence, and propose solutions with peers from other countries. Technology diplomacy focuses on the governance, ethics, and societal impacts of emerging technologies. Students can develop these...
View article Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Article 5 mins
Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music

...Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Folk music is music that is rarely written for profit, music that has endured, often passed down by oral tradition, investing a sense of identity in artist and listener alike. Folk music has imitation at its core. Its narratives and characters are usually already known to listeners, and they often refer to...
View article Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Article 5 mins
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...open. How do you explain that? ROB: I'm- I mean, I was pretty kind of flustered at the time. I thought I did try them. But maybe I just kind of assumed that they were still locked from the day before. I don't know. INTERVIEWER: OK, thought you tried them- so did you or did you not try them? ROB: Well, I don't know. I can't remember. I- INTERVIEWER: Can't remember, OK....
View course Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs