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Putting baby in a context: Stephen Lee Naish's Deconstructing Dirty Dancing
History & The Arts

Putting baby in a context: Stephen Lee Naish's Deconstructing Dirty Dancing

...become a global hit. Offering a comparative study of the film with David Lynch’s Blue Velvet before a scene-by-scene analysis and reflections on the film’s personal resonance for the author, the book is an idiosyncratic and accessible take on this cultural phenomenon, finds Penny Montague...[Nobody puts baby in a corner] Review: Deconstructing Dirty Dancing by Stephen...
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...becoming aware that not everyone gets them free though, and this is a cause for embarrassment - if the school could come up with a system where everyone had a lunch ticket, paid for in advance, that would save a lot of heartache.’ Parent What is clear is that both parents and children prefer ‘cashless‘ systems where children who get free school meals cannot be...
STEM postgraduate research
Science, Maths & Technology

STEM postgraduate research

This content hub highlights the diverse range of topics explored by postgraduate research students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at The Open University.
Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model
Science, Maths & Technology

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

...students to become scientists and engineers? As an example, in 2019 the BBC published a list of 100 trailblazing women, of which only four were scientists and just one an engineer. Johnson has left an amazing legacy: as a mathematician, she helped NASA to put humans into space. But as an African-American woman, her legacy is perhaps even greater. She has given us a role...
Methods in Motion: A collection
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: A collection

...social change. It is a cross-disciplinary research focus of the Open University’s Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)...The following blogs are by active researchers from across the OU, in which they take a moment to reflect upon their experiences. You can discover more about Methods in Motion on the CCIG website. [Grand Central station, New York]...
50 years of sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

50 years of sport and fitness

...has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites...Discover how sport has changed in the past 50 years Now take a free related course Study with the OU Read more on sports and risk taking...
Professional Doctorates projects
Education & Development

Professional Doctorates projects

Wondering what our Professional Doctorate students from the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies do? Check out these case studies of their projects.
Hospital: After the terrorist attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: After the terrorist attack

...OU co-production Hospital were filming in St Mary's Hospital. Watch some of the activity as medical crews responded to the developing incident...An incident is declared The first victims arrive at St Mary's A reunion The two young men were injured during the terrorist attack in London on March 22nd, 2017. Five people were murdered and 49 injured. The BBC News website has...