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Languages
Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
A new branch of the study of language seeks to explore the links between the language we use and the racial differences we experience. Can language have a race? In this article, Mel Green explores the links between race and language.
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Society, Politics & Law
From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Anila Mirza gives us a personal account or her experiences as a migrant from Pakistan who has now lived in Britain for over twenty years…
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Science, Maths & Technology
Astrobiology from the ground up
Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education, interviews Shonil Bhagwat, Professor of Environment and Development, on the intersections between his work on environment and international development and astrobiology.
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Society, Politics & Law
Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
What is embodied intersectionality and how might certain stereotypes affect veil-wearing British South Asian Muslim women? Rashida Bibi explores…
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Society, Politics & Law
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Newly-minted Newry's city status may be - but it still relies on the same commerce and location that has kept it thriving across the centuries as a town.
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Society, Politics & Law
Language of Poverty
In this audio, The Open University's Gerry Mooney discusses the language used to describe poverty in the UK with columnist and writer, Owen Jones
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History & The Arts
Why are people superstitious?
Have you ever found yourself counting magpies, avoiding black cats or worrying about an upcoming Friday the 13th? You may have said 'Bless You!' after a loved one’s sneeze, or kept your fingers crossed for a good outcome. Perhaps you count your success in say an exam or driving test on a pair of lucky pants.
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History & The Arts
Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
Dr Dan Taylor looks at troubles the Netherlands faced due to religious divisions and how this nearly led to the collapse of one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
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History & The Arts
Why do we need free speech?
Today free speech is widely considered to be a basic human right. Our individual liberty to say and think what we wish – within limits – is defended in modern British law.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
Explore a range of systems diagrams and learn how to draw them - from spray, rich picture, systems map, influence, multiple cause and sign.
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History & The Arts
What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
Donald S. Lopez, Jr. looks at Voltaire’s early reflections on Buddhism and how, in his desire to separate the Buddha’s teachings from the trappings of religion, the French Enlightenment thinker prefigured an approach now familiar in the West.
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Society, Politics & Law
Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
OU Associate Lecturer Catherine Pestano offers her reflections for Pride month, on her work within the wider LGBTQ+ community.