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History & The Arts
Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes
How did the West African artworks known as the Benin Bronzes end up in European museums? And why does it matter?
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History & The Arts
Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
Historically, there was a tendency to ascribe lesbianism to BAME women and ‘other’ nations. Anita Pilgrim draws on some examples in this article...
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Education & Development
Free online Chinese courses
Discover these free Chinese courses on OpenLearn.
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Languages
Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
牛年快乐 ! Niú nián kuàilè! Happy Year of the Ox. Why not learn how to write and pronounce basic Chinese words to celebrate Chinese New Year?
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Languages
Getting started with Chinese 2
Have you always wanted to speak Mandarin Chinese? Have you even started learning a few basic words and expressions? If so, this course will give you more essentials of reading, writing, speaking and listening through a variety of online activities. A perfect online short course to develop further the skills needed to speak and understand simple ...
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Languages
Getting started with Chinese 3
Have you previously learned some basic Mandarin Chinese and now want to go a step further? This third introductory course in the Getting started with Chinese series will help you consolidate your language skills and provide you with some essential vocabulary and expressions to improve your Mandarin Chinese in everyday situations. You will ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Suzanne Newcombe explores the contribution of two key female figures in the popularisation of yoga in Britain.
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Education & Development
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Tanveer Ahmed reflects on how Black and women of colour feminist theories have helped her better understand how patriarchal and Eurocentric narratives continue to underpin and shape fashion design and explores how to decolonise design practices.
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Education & Development
Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
What are the challenges, possibilities and complexities of decolonising Higher Education? Sharon Stein explores how to hold space for the difficulties of decolonisation in this article and video.
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Society, Politics & Law
Remembering Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall (3 February 1932 – 10 February 2014) was a cultural theorist and Professor of Sociology at The Open University from 1979-1997. We remember him with these articles and video clips.
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Education & Development
Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
As part of Black History Month 2020, Jessica Aguti of Makerere University and Charles Mbalyohere of The Open University were invited to talk about an exciting partnership between their two institutions.
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Education & Development
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Why is it important for White people to talk about Whiteness? Rod Earle, a senior lecturer in youth justice, explores this in relation to racism and criminology…