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The free speech battle that forced Britain’s 18th-century radicals to flee
Main picture: “The Friends of the People”, Isaac Cruikshank (1764–1811), Mary Mark Ockerbloom While emigration into Britain has often been (and still is) associated with fear of oppression and escape from conflict, there is a general perception that emigration out of the country has been a rather more positive pursuit. Leaving Britain has long been associated […]
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Do you speak Star Wars?
Main image: Mark Menzies, CC BY-NC-SA Unless you are C3-PO, fluent in more than six million forms of communication, you may not understand every Star Wars language. I’m not talking about the languages spoken in the saga such as Shyriiwook, Huttese, Bocce or even Binary (beep beep doop!), but the languages into which the Star Wars […]
How Star Wars music lets us feel the Force
Main image © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. When I finally see the new Star Wars film, I will be keeping my ears open. Although the initial trilogy was justly celebrated for its use of groundbreaking visual effects, for me, the sound of the films has always been more significant. Even in the woeful prequel […]
Peake viewing: from bizarre astronaut traditions to awe-inspiring blast off
Having spent days following him around, it was amazing to finally see the first official UK astronaut, Major Tim Peake, launched into space from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He’s been through six years of training to get to this moment, and will do a six-month tour of duty on the International Space Station. I […]
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Celebrating the power of part-time Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Three OU students shared their stories at an event to celebrate the power of part-time education in Northern Ireland. The Open University hosted a winter reception at Parliament Buildings in Belfast, sponsored by the Assembly Committee for Employment and Learning. It highlighted how part-time higher education plays an important role in helping people to achieve […]
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The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore
Christian Martyrs, Civil War, kings, and queens – a two thousand year history of Spain is explored in an intense and thrilling three-part series on BBC Four. In the new series, developed by the BBC in partnership with The Open University, historian and internationally acclaimed author, Simon Sebag Montefiore guides us on a journey across […]
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Zuckerberg is ploughing billions into ‘personalised learning’ – why?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes personalised learning is the answer to many of education’s current woes, and is one of the four key areas that he and his wife Prescilla Chan’s US$45 billion Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will fund. While some argue whether this is a philanthropic act or a shrewd business strategy, others will ask: […]
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Open University strengthens ties in India
The Open University has signed an agreement with Indian education provider Manipal Global Education Services Ltd to share best practice and offer their students the chance to study for a UK qualification via distance learning. Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of the OU, was in India as part of a UK Government trade delegation to raise the profile of […]
Is it a dwarf planet, an asteroid or a comet?
When Guiseppe Piazzi reported his observations of a minor planet in 1801, he originally thought it might be a comet. But follow-up observations by fellow astronomers suggested that Ceres was actually an asteroid. So it’s somewhat ironic that the latest results from NASA’s Dawn mission suggest this asteroid is confusingly similar to a comet. Dawn […]
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Most of UK workforce want finance education from employers
Most of the UK workforce (81%) want personal finance education from their employers, with half of those surveyed admitting that a major life event, such as buying a property or leaving school, was the last time they revised their financial knowledge. The new survey was commissioned by The Open University Business School (OUBS) and Share […]
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