Science, Maths & Technology
A trip to Mercury
The OU's Dave Rothery recently gave a Tedx talk on what he's learned as part of the team preparing for the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo mission to Mercury...Transcript
Science, Maths & Technology
Science experiment: The density tower
In this video, the OU's Janet Sumner shows you how to conduct a simple density tower experiment using everyday household liquids...Density Tower template Transcript
Education & Development
Parent guide to university applications and beyond
...Student Recruitment Officer at University of South Wales, a parent of two daughters who have attended university recently. They take you through the application process, show how to get started with Student Finance and ways to support your young person with this big step. [University of South Wales logo] This resource was provided by the University of South Wales and is...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Crime fiction: past, present and future – a discussion between Bill Alder and Simon Brett OBE
...OU) held an online meeting attended by over 150 participants to launch the new Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course on European crime fiction. The meeting featured a discussion between Bill Alder of the OU and acclaimed crime fiction author Simon Brett OBE. In the conversation, Simon and Bill guide attendees on a journey of discovery of crime fiction,...
Science, Maths & Technology
Fossil Detectives
...OU/BBC series Fossil Detectives. Hermione, who has also presented Coast and Rough Science, talks about the making of Fossil Detectives and other OU/BBC series, the extraordinary fossils found in Britain, and some of our most surprising fossil-hunters. Fossil Detectives is a brand new series, produced by the prestigious BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University,...
Languages
Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics
...student essays, for example, looking on Google wouldn't be a very good way to go about it. And if we wanted to know if one group of students (for example Engineering students) use 'we' in their academic writing more than another group (such as History students) then an internet search wouldn't be any help at all. To answer the question in the title to this article, we'd...
Health, Sports & Psychology
"Nursing is a fantastic career"
Staff Tutor for Nursing for The Open University, Michael Davidson, explains why he believes nursing can be a rewarding career choice for men and women...Transcript Go further with the OU
Education & Development
Creating open educational resources
...students recruited whose first exposure to OU content has been through OpenLearn. It is estimated that several thousand students have now registered with the OU through OpenLearn, generating real value in fees. In addition, inquirers who first use OpenLearn turn out to be more likely to become a student than if they came through other routes such a ......