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Nature & Environment
I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 1
Charlie's dream was soon shattered when he got to the land he bought over the phone. And watch Charlie get to know a local resident - a venomous snake.
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Society, Politics & Law
Should Economics and the Environment work together?
The recent UK general election saw many parties pledge to ‘improve’ the environment. Vicky Johnson considers progress can be measured by more closely connecting the environment to economics.
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Society, Politics & Law
Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Why research Milton Keynes? Professor Gillian Rose introduces a study of how cities are increasingly using digital data to improve their management and create new ways of living.
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Society, Politics & Law
Milton Keynes and the roots of 'Smart' transport
Learn about MK’s unique history of transport innovation, and how The Open University has been a part of the experiment.
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Society, Politics & Law
How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Donald Trump's strongman rhetoric in the face of North Korean provocations is a risk for the whole region, believes Genevieve Hohnen.
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History & The Arts
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
New research in America suggests that characters like Laverne Cox's Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black may have more impact on how society reacts to transgender people, than the reported experiences of real people. Erica L Rosensthal and Traci Gillig share some of their findings.
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Society, Politics & Law
Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Despite over a decade of sanctions, North Korea has pursued an ever-more-successful program aimed at developing nuclear weapons. So, asks Daniel Salisbury, have sanctions failed?
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Society, Politics & Law
What does Jacob Zuma's survival of a no-confidence vote mean?
Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa survived a no confidence vote. Richard Calland of the University of Cape Town explains why Zuma's victory is bad news for his party.
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Society, Politics & Law
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
How can racism and xenophobia undermine democracy and the public finances?
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Society, Politics & Law
Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
How might ending free movement - or not - affect the British with lives and homes overseas?
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Society, Politics & Law
Information technology: A new era?
Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This free course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the ...
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History & The Arts
How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
Language is political, as Brexit and Trump demonstrate