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Jiniya Afroze is a research student in the Open University’s Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies. Her PhD investigates ‘Threads of everyday violence: Childhood in an Urdu-speak...ing Bihari camp in Bangladesh’. This is one of a series of films in which OU research students discuss their research and degree journey.
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video preview image for Energy conservation at Pennyland Energy conservation at PennylandLooking at energy efficiency in houses in Pennyland, Milton Keynes.1983
audio record of Lord Campbell interviewInterview with Lord Campbell of Eskan, Chairman of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation about...1973
audio record of Passive Solar houses in PennylandLooking at energy efficiency in houses in Pennyland, Milton Keynes.1982
video preview image for Why were we chosen as students? Why were we chosen as students?Naomi Sargant answers the question from a student "Why were we chosen as students?"1971
video preview image for The nature of OU students The nature of OU studentsNaomi Sargant describes the nature of the Open University student population, comparing 1979 with...1981
video preview image for The Open Forum 02 (1971) Introduction The Open Forum 02 (1971) IntroductionJames Barber introduces the Open Forum.26 January 1971
video record, no preview available for Open University Students Association Structure Open University Students Association StructureSheena Gordon, Acting General Secretary of the Open University Students Association, describes the...
video preview image for Harold Wilson Harold WilsonFootage from Harold Wilson's 'University of the Air' speech given at the Labour Party Conference in...1983
video preview image for Jennie Lee Jennie LeeShort interview clip of Jennie Lee speaking about setting up the Open University.1983
video preview image for Charter Ceremony Charter CeremonyShort clip from the Charter Ceremony held at the Royal Society in 1971, including footage from the...1969
video preview image for First OU Programme First OU ProgrammeIn this opening clip from the very first Open Forum programme shown on television, the University...1971
video preview image for First OU graduation First OU graduationFootage from The Open University's first degree ceremony at Alexandra Palace in 1973, primarily the...1973
video preview image for Students at Summer School Students at Summer SchoolFootage of technology students at an OU residential school at the River Frome and in a laboratory.1991
video preview image for Women students Women studentsGill Kirkup, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, describes the success of women students at...1994
video preview image for Overseas visitors to the OU Overseas visitors to the OUVice Chancellor John Horlock describing overseas visitors to the OU in 1982.1983
video preview image for Computing in 1983 Computing in 1983Short clip describing the University's micro computing courses.1983
video preview image for "he… basically told me to buy myself a plane ticket and head off to California"Don Aldiss describes his OU field research in Cyprus and the USA.07 April 2021
video preview image for "all cooking had to be done on a pressure cooker which we had in the back of the Land Rover"Michael Baker describes his experiences in Chile, working on the Open University Andean Volcanoes...27 April 2021
video preview image for "that lonely feeling of heavy burden of responsibility"Oliver Boyd-Barrett describes working on his dissertation and his interactions at Walton Hall.06 April 2021
video preview image for "I… never stopped being drawn back into the fray of academic work"Oliver Boyd-Barrett describes working for The Open University and moving to the USA.06 April 2021
video preview image for "once the first graduates came out at the end of '72, the whole situation changed"Max Bramer describes how it felt to work and study at the OU in the early 1970s.29 April 2021
video preview image for "you've got to become very self-reliant, or the ship will sink"Max Bramer compares working at the OU to other institutions, and shares his experiences with...29 April 2021
video preview image for "amazingly, I've actually still got a copy of the graduation programme"Max Bramer describes his graduation day at Alexandra Palace.29 April 2021
video preview image for "we had this new world, and then we also had the old world of Oxford"Julia Goodfellow describes her experiences at Oxford and the OU.20 April 2021
video preview image for "I think the OU is so part of my life, it's not just about my PhD"Julia Goodfellow describes the importance of the OU and her career at Birkbeck.20 April 2021
video preview image for "it felt like a kind of pioneering setting… it was a Wild West"Jeff Haywood shares his memories of what it was like to study at the OU in the 1970s.23 March 2021
video preview image for "my interest in being an educator increased"Jeff Haywood describes the long-lasting impact of studying with The Open University and becoming an...23 March 2021
video preview image for "whatever it took to make the OU a success, it was all hands on deck"Jeff Haywood describes the opportunities available at the OU alongside studying for his PhD.23 March 2021
video preview image for "there was no sense of Higher Education at all in my family, none"Bill Morris describes his early education and first experiences with STEM.15 April 2021
video preview image for "well, at this point I'm thinking this is Game Over"Bill Morris describes finishing his degree and sitting his external exam in Milton Keynes.15 April 2021
video preview image for "the atmosphere was hurried and near-chaotic - I fitted in perfectly!"Stephen Potter describes his interview at Walton Hall in 1974 and his initial tour of the...25 March 2021
video preview image for "there was even a Dutch/Belgian TV crew who came along at one point"Stephen Potter describes the experience of being in Milton Keynes during its development, and the...25 March 2021
video preview image for "so I was kicked out of school at 15 and went to work in a factory"Ken Richardson describes his early childhood and schooling in Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham.23 April 2021
video preview image for "one thing that doing the PhD had taught me was the value of scholarship"Ken Richardson shares his memories of working on his PhD, and the politics surrounding The Open...23 April 2021
video preview image for "the first ten years worth of history was played out on stage"Alfred Vella shares his memories of Walter Perry and the operetta The Ballad of Walton Hall.13 April 2021
audio record of "it was a school with a mission"Joan Whitehead shares her experiences of attending a comprehensive secondary school and being...16 June 2021
audio record of "it's become increasingly recognised, and I made a small contribution to that I think"Joan Whitehead discusses a questionnaire she created for her PhD and the contribution she has made...16 June 2021
video preview image for "in fact I was the first postgraduate student, I think, in the Faculty of Arts altogether"Neil Wynn describes the academic community at the OU during its first decade as a higher education...08 April 2021
video preview image for Galileo's inclined plane experiment Galileo's inclined plane experimentThe main steps of Galileo's inclined plane experiment are described. The experiment was used to...10 January 1971
video preview image for Introduction to Unit 17 of S100 Introduction to Unit 17 of S100Stephen Hurry gives an introduction to Unit 17 of S100 which is about mitosis in living cells.16 May 1971
video preview image for Time-lapse photography showing mitosis Time-lapse photography showing mitosisTime-lapse photography is used to show the different stages and characteristic features of one...16 May 1971
video preview image for Cell division stages and characteristics Cell division stages and characteristicsThe whole sequence of the divison cycle is broken down into a series of arbitrary stages. Each of...16 May 1971
video preview image for A demonstration of the experimental methodology used to perform the transformation experiment A demonstration of the experimental methodology used to perform the transformation experimentThis transformation experiment re-creates one of the crucial experiments which proves that DNA...16 May 1971
video preview image for The effect of selection on natural populations The effect of selection on natural populationsDr Holmes explains how the frequency in a population of a mutant gene with selective advantage is...30 May 1971
video preview image for Success in evolutionary terms Success in evolutionary termsDr Varley explains how success in evolutionary terms means passing on of an individual's genes to...30 May 1971
video preview image for Artificial selection Artificial selectionDr Sidnie Manton talks about how a new breed (variety) of cat with long fur but the Siamese colour...30 May 1971
video preview image for Examining a coastal environment to understand geological processes Examining a coastal environment to understand geological processesProfessor Pentz gives an explanation of how we can find out how rocks were made by studying what is...25 July 1971
video preview image for Grain size measurements of sand taken from different areas of a beach Grain size measurements of sand taken from different areas of a beachThe process of measuring sand grain sizes to determine the size distribution differences between...25 July 1971
video preview image for The nature of P and S waves The nature of P and S wavesA physical demonstration of the nature of P and S waves is followed by a discussion and...28 June 1971
video preview image for What is a laboratory? What is a laboratory?Professor Pentz discusses 'What is a laboratory?' and considers the differences between an...10 January 1971