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Education & Development
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health
This free course provides educators with an introduction to adult learners’ mental health. The course is designed to develop understanding of the impact mental health has on learning, as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support adult learners experiencing a range of mental health related challenges.
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History & The Arts
Ramadan Mubarak!
The holy month of Ramadan, determined by the lunar cycle, runs from 28th February- 30th Marchthis year. Discover how this isn't just a time for abstaining but a time for celebration while showing devotion to Islam.
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Education & Development
Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Who belongs to STEM? This collection of videos explores stereoptypes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
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History & The Arts
Larry Achiampong – Challenging Colonial Narratives with Art
In this film, a collaboration with The Open University, Larry gives an overview of his art practice describing how he became an artist and how he reaches his audiences across an ever-expanding platform of dynamic visual, sonic and digital media.
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Languages
Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Happy Year of the Snake! Learn more about what this year means and how to say some traditional New Year greetings to celebrate.
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Society, Politics & Law
Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Professor Farhana Sultana delivered a keynote to launch the ‘Voices from the Global South’ project, a collaboration between the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (with the Institute of British Geographers), the International Geographical Union and The Open University. It was held at the RGS, London in June 2024. In her keynote Professor Sultana ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Learning from the Global South
Voices from the Global South is a series of six short films made to stimulate thinking about and reflection on the difference that geography makes to understanding the climate crisis and its impact.
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Education & Development
Introducing Union Black
This free course, Introducing Union Black, aims to build your confidence as a change agent for equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Broken Pipeline for Black Coaches in World Football
With ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ the theme for Black History Month 2024, I watched the players of African heritage showcase their talents in the Nottingham Forest v Fulham Premier League fixture in September 2024 (Calvin Bassey, Taiwo Awoniyi, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina), but pondered if they would be given the same opportunities as their white ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Lauren O’Hagan explores the music of Phil Lynott and how his lyrics helped him make sense of his dual identity as Black and Irish.
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Society, Politics & Law
Should we read John Locke today?
These days, political parties of all persuasions can agree on at least one thing: they are all in favour of freedom. Of course, freedom is a highly slippery term. Freedom for who, and to what extent? And how do we recognise and manage the boundaries where one person’s ‘freedom’ might harm another person?
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Education & Development
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
In this article, Katherine Jegede shares her story of starting the OU BME staff Network Podcast, what she has learned so far, and her hopes for the project’s future.