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Timeline: The Metropolitan Police
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: The Metropolitan Police

Journey back to when The Met began with our interactive timeline and discover the cases and technology that reshaped policing in the UK. ...Viewing this on a tablet or mobile device? For the best experience, view this timeline with the screen facing sideways/landscape on your smart phone or tablet. Find out more about the police and crime Take it further with an OU course
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...student at The Open University, I have been exploring ways to teach anti-racist forms of fashion design. In my research many lessons can be learned from the seminal 1971 book Design for the Real World by designer and educator Victor Papanek, which argues that designers must think about their moral responsibilities and the ‘real world’ to design in more equitable ways....
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Group of people joining hands] There are a range of ways to be active in your community, from formal volunteering with an organisation or public body to doing things by yourself or with neighbours to make the place you live a little better for everyone. Some, but not all, of these roles come...
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...become Professor at the OU.) Cultural Studies courses and projects are still very popular around the world, particularly in the USA and East Asia. Studying a community through a discussion of its culture – songs, habits of life and vignettes of individual lives is prefigured in The Souls of Black Folks. Du Bois sets out at the start the key concepts in his thinking:...
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...student teachers...Assessment in secondary music: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the purposes and forms of assessment and their application in, and implications for, music education understand what to assess in music education promote assessment for learning in music education understand how to use assessment to plan for...
The Rosetta Mission
Science, Maths & Technology

The Rosetta Mission

Watch this video from The Royal Observatory Greenwich/The OU and find what Rosetta and Philae have achieved as well as the impact the mission has had on our knowledge of our very own solar system...The Rosetta Mission from Royal Observatory Greenwich on Vimeo. To find out more use the hashtag #ROGSchools Learn more about Rosetta, Philae and comets
Social Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Work Hub

A collection of free courses and resources for personal and professional development for social work practitioners and students.
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...becoming a factor in greater exclusions for Black children (structural violence), or students who are not Black feeling emboldened to name call or physically attack Black students (direct violence). Activity 4 Exploring different types of violence Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes for this activity Look at the diagram below which uses the iceberg metaphor to...