1,677 search results
The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives
Education & Development

The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives

...systems, and how Black women can reclaim their online presence to reshape digital discourse and challenge stereotypes. Eleanor St Hilaire Empowering Black Excellence: Dispelling False Narratives in Education Eleanor St Hilaire celebrates the excellence of Black university students while confronting deficit-based narratives that misrepresent their abilities and potential....
View article The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives
Article 5 mins
Environmental responsibility
Nature & Environment

Environmental responsibility

...Systems and Environments briefly reflects on his academic background before looking more closely at the deeper issues raised in TD866 Environmental Responsibility. Martin also discusses what questions you might expect to be confronted with when studying this course; What are the complexities of environmental issues? How do we understand environmental responsibility? and...
View audio Environmental responsibility
Audio 1 hr 42 mins
Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...system employed. Robert Dahl’s excellent book On Democracy points out that democratic systems rely on voters and votes being equal. Each voter has one vote and each vote is equal to any other vote. Nobody’s vote counts more than anybody elses and nobody has more votes than any other citizen. Ordinary citizens have exactly the same say as the rich and powerful. The...
View article Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Article 5 mins
From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...system. OE was mostly written using the Latin alphabet, supplemented by a few Germanic runic letters to represent sounds not found in Latin e.g. þ, which represented the th sounds in thin or this. (A relic of þ survives as y in modern signs like Ye Olde Tea Shoppe.) The later Viking settlements in many parts of the British Isles also resulted in substantial borrowing of...
View article From old English to modern English
Article 10 mins
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...systems and services created to support how we live. Design comes from the ability to think creatively – to be able to imagine ‘what if …?’ and come up with something that didn’t exist before. Some of the greatest human achievements have come from creative design engineering, allowing the realisation of some truly remarkable change in our world. Design...
View course An introduction to design engineering
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...systems pervade everything we do; review some basic ideas of signal processing, control and communications; and allow you to use a digital filter to remove Gaussian noise from a signal...Electronics is fundamental to modern life. Take for example this free course, Electronic applications. An interactive website with videos and interactive software will show how electronic...
View course Electronic applications
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
Science, Maths & Technology

Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel

...systems thinking free us from fear? Simon Bell & Charles Cutting's graphic novel asks the question...Find out more about The Open University's Design courses and qualifications. We are all victims of fear. Project Fear has been with us for hundreds of years. So far, we have made little attempt to map fear or understand how it is used. Find out how fear is weaponised and...
View activity Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
Activity 5 mins
Energy efficiency: hospitals
Nature & Environment

Energy efficiency: hospitals

...Hospital transport strategies Strategies aimed at limiting private car use at a UK hospital. Making hospital transport eco-friendly An Austrian hospital has revolutionised its goods and services transport systems as part of a wider environmental strategy. A green hospital A British hospital incorporates a range of forward-thinking ideas to cut its energy use by 40%....
View audio Energy efficiency: hospitals
Audio 28 mins