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Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...work until different: human rights and the Windrush fight Open University law graduates Anthony Brown and Leonie Shaw-Brown lead a discussion on their inspirational Windrush campaign. [Unknown title] Transcript Experience v qualifications: reflections from an OU graduate and sports coach Allana Francis-Ashmeil is an OU Sports and Fitness student from 2014–2016 who...
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Video 3 hrs
Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...work of suffragette medics at the moment, so it’s a real pleasure to be able to focus my thoughts on a suffrage banner today as I talk about popular protest in history. When I hear the word ‘suffragette’, or come across it in print somewhere, I see visual images. The most powerful include Emmeline Pankhurst caught up in the physically restraining arms of a policeman...
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Video 5 mins
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life experience drawn from the margins and across the borders of different worlds. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life experience drawn from the...
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Article 10 mins
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...worked to redraft contemporary environmental history with broadcasting written into the script. To this end, we have made three ebooks which draw directly on our sample of fifty hours of BBC programmes. The ebooks will be free to download, and will link to a website holding a sample of resources and archive content for free public use. Along with the programmes themselves...
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Article 5 mins
A World Cup legacy for generations to come
Health, Sports & Psychology

A World Cup legacy for generations to come

...work towards. These include creating opportunities for talented female footballers to remain playing in New Zealand, developing more female coaches, coach educators and leaders, creating a more effective talent pathway and building a stronger relationship with the Māori Football Aotearoa. This video, produced by New Zealand Football, provides an overview of the Legacy...
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Article 10 mins
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...work ethic, and produced a less fair rather than a fairer society.’ This is the argument put by Dr Digby Anderson in the programme and which is supported by a number of ‘witnesses’ whom he questions. A counter-argument is put forward by Bea Campbell. The audio file was recorded in 1998. The course team analyse the nature of argument using a Radio 4 programme, which...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...working as a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. In 2003 he began work as a researcher at the BBC Natural History Unit. Since then he has filmed in more than 30 countries. He has climbed active volcanoes, sailed with traditional Polynesian navigators and explored a toxic cave with crystals the size of trees. More important to Paul is the time that he has...
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Video 30 mins