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Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...education and the mass media. How effective have they been in creating, across the EU, a sense of belonging to a community, not only in the material, but also in the more intangible cultural or civilizational sense? SubSection 1.2.1 explores the following issue: to what extent has a European public space or civil society developed? It is fair to say that over the years a...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...education. The church is not represented here but the trio sitting in judgement on a son of toil are like an unholy trinity and they occupy a god like place on the raised platform. In fact, there is a carefully thought out structure here as the flattened pyramid shape is actually the ziggurat or crepidoma, an ancient temple structure for the shrines of the gods. It was a...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Educational Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS FELA) took strike action in April and May 2022. Lynn Rooney gives us a personal view of the background...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a...
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...education at Cambridge University. Activity 1 Listen to the audio file. You may find it helpful to listen to the recording a second time and take notes that help define the ideas of social citizenship. Engendering citizenship part 1 (12.5 minutes 5 MB) Mary Langan We are going to look at citizenship, not citizenship just in the legal sense, but the idea of social...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...Educational Funding Council for Wales. [HEFCW logo]...Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion: Introduction - In early 2020, the higher education (HE) sector had to react to unprecedented change and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The so-called ‘pivot to online’ (Salmon, 2020) forced emergency ways of working on university campus-based staff in an...
Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?

...Educational Resources (OERs). Specifically OERs derived from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)...Find out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. Transcript The first is an animation - “5 facts you didn’t know about sex in Britain” which can be viewed above, followed by our interactive - “No sex please, we’re...
Islam in the West
History & The Arts

Islam in the West

...education and social and political engagement; and the politics of multiculturalism. Controversial Muslim intellectual, Tariq Ramadan provides a challenging insider’s perspective on the issues discussed, plus other interviews with authors, critics and Muslim community leaders. The course will be of particular relevance to teachers, social workers, police and health...
Are you a design creative?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are you a design creative?

...technology. The practice of designers continued to transform and in the second part of the 20th century new forms of design started to emerge. These new forms of design work seem to move away from the traditional boundaries of design disciplines, such as architecture, product or graphic design, defined by the type of design artefact or commodity to be produced. There is...