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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...Open University, what does astrobiology mean to you? There’s a tendency to see astrobiology as ‘the search for life’. But that's not how I see it. ‘Searching for life’ implies that astrobiology’s goal is finding life. And if we don't find it, then we've failed. But for me, the goal is to try to understand life in its cosmic context; to understand how common or...
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...Open University. Further reading and references Caprara, G., Francescato, D., Mebane, M., Sorace, R., & Vecchione, M. (2010). Personality foundations of ideological divide: A comparison of women members of parliament and women voters in Italy. Political Psychology, 31(5), 739-762. Silvester, J., Wyatt, M., & Randall, R. (2014). Politician personality, Machiavellianism,...
Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View
Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

...Open University co-production Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) was a socialist feminist. She played an important part in the women’s suffrage movement, in socialist and revolutionary politics and was a pioneering force in developing an understanding of imperialism, racism and fascism. During the suffrage campaign she not only braved the horrors of hunger striking and...
Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...Open University to talk about this work. Transcript In the presentation, I specifically focused on the imperative to develop the stamina and capacities that could prepare us to address the affective and relational dimensions of decolonising work in higher education. This affective work entails acknowledging, analysing, and accepting responsibility for processing the often...
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications Differences There are some important differences between policing in the US and the UK (referring to England and Wales exclusively as they have a particular legislative and governance context). There are some stark differences in the prevalence of guns/firearms among the general public, the number of police...
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...Open Justice Centre and OU Law School students, with law school students across eight universities, collaborated and participated on a project that explored race and policing in the US and the UK. The race and policing project focus was, in part, to explore, analyse, and explain the ways race and racism intersect in public institutions and society more broadly. It has...
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...Open University's Religious 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,...
Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...Open Quran with pots of tea during Ramadan.] So, when is Ramadan? In 2026, Ramadan begins on 17th February. Muslims follow the lunar calendar so the exact start and end dates depend on the sighting of the moon. The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr follows Ramadan and will take place around 19th March. What is Ramadan? Ramadan is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar....