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Society, Politics & Law
Finding the Truth
What do you really know about crime? Try our interactive 'Finding the Truth' to dig way beyond the surface of forensic psychology, corporate crime and the prison system.
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Languages
Italian for travel: Test your skills
Test your Italian language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Italy.
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Languages
Write it right: seven common writing mistakes
Tutors told us about common writing mistakes which can impact the grades students receive for their Open University assignments.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
PhotoFit Me
Would you make a good eyewitness? Photofit Me explores how we remember faces and challenges you to construct the face of a culprit or to recreate the face of a celebrity or even a friend! Test yourself with our interactive and see how good your face recognition abilities are.
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Languages
Spanish for travel: Test your skills
Test your Spanish language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Spain.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Plastics in our ocean
Test your knowledge about plastics in our oceans, and learn about how they impact the environment by clicking on the image below...
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Society, Politics & Law
Introducing International Relations
In this free course you will be introduced to the subject of International Relations (IR). You will learn how IR seeks to analyse vital global problems and the key actors and issues involved. In the course you will explore two contemporary case studies: the competition between great powers like the USA and China for access to Africa’s resources;...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Psychology around the world
Psychology around the world looks at some of the ways people think in similar and different ways depending on where they live and their culture. The course starts with some general questions of how similar and different people’s psychology might be in different times and places. This is then followed with some key examples: how people perceive ...
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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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Society, Politics & Law
Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
As the lead up to the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General picks up pace, Dr Georgina Holmes explains the selection process and reflects on why there is growing momentum to appoint a woman.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can we design places to combat loneliness?
How might where people live affect how lonely they feel?
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History & The Arts
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
When you think of classical music, which names come to mind? Beethoven? Mozart? Bach? But how many women composers can you name?