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Race and place
History & The Arts

Race and place

...OU honorary graduate Jackie Kay. Jackie was born in Glasgow in 1961. Her mother was a white Scottish woman and her father was a black Nigerian student. She has written extensively about the subject of identity in the context of her own experience – for example, of being an adopted child, brought up in Glasgow. So you think I'm a mule? ‘Where do you come from?’...
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National Engineering Day
Science, Maths & Technology

National Engineering Day

...put together some fantastic free resources of the topic of engineering...You can read more about how The Open University is marking National Engineering Day 2024 with a striking new piece of digital artwork being virtually projected onto the OU’s Walton Hall building in Milton Keynes, UK: highlighting the contributions of four inspirational engineers. Discover more...
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The ethics and politics of the migration and refugee crisis
Society, Politics & Law

The ethics and politics of the migration and refugee crisis

...OU's academics have come together with artists. Discover some earlier collaborations...[Pop-up professors] ‘Pop up’ Professors Bridget Anderson from Oxford University and Engin Isin from the Open University Below you can also access an example of a prior collaboration among academics from The Open University, Oxford University and the Migration Museum Project,...
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Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Education & Development

Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

The hub has been funded by The Department for the Economy to assist new students to prepare for and settle into their studies at universities, university colleges and further education colleges across Northern Ireland. The hub has a range of OpenLearn online materials to help with digital learning, study skills, wellbeing and subject-specific materials.
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A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...becoming increasingly common in athletes who are prone to knocks to the head as part of their sport. Certain sports are more susceptible than others, such as rugby, NFL football, boxing, ice-hockey, football (soccer), equestrian sports, cycling, and diving. It is so topical an issue that in December, a controversial Hollywood blockbuster featuring Will Smith will be...
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Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...becomes a way to blend personal passion with scholarly inquiry to make a lasting impact on the field. There are many positives of sportspeople completing a PhD in sport. Listen to Lorna’s motives of pursuing a PhD and what she hopes to find out. @@PLUGINFILE@@/audio-4237.h5p Transcript For many women who engage in motorcycling and competitive motorcycling, the appeal...
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Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...students, this is a topic rich in documents to analyse, but also one that really emphasises that to study history is more than just to study facts, figures and events. It is a topic that focuses on historical interpretations developed at a particular time, on how they reflect particular political concerns, and on how there is not just one version of history that is ‘the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes
Society, Politics & Law

Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes

...OU) to develop an interactive, e-learning module designed to explore some of the inequalities inherent in access to citizenship and freedom of movement. Focusing on the UK, the module, which will be freely available on the OU’s OpenLean platform, will explore some of the contradictions and fundamental inequalities of citizenship and asylum regimes. In the interview...
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