Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Functional Skills in English with tips and tec...
Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Functional Skills in maths that’s designed to inspire you to improve your curr...
This free course, What is a metal? explores the main characteristic properties of metals and their varied use in our everyday lives. Each metal has its own personal signature and you will undertake...
This free course, What are waves? explains what waves are. It describes different types of wave as well as their properties. You can listen to the song of a humpback whale and learn about the proce...
This free course, Ethics in science? discusses how scientists have a moral and ethical responsibility to consider whether they should carry out an experiment. In this short course, you will learn o...
The Open University's Senior Lecturer in English, Dr Sue Asbee, introduces you to the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, his life, and the importance to his writing of the region he grew up in...
This free course, Creative writing and critical reading, explores the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development at the postgraduate level. You will gain inspiration and ideas...
The Open University's Lecturer in Economics, Dr Hanna Szymborska presents this free course, Understanding economic inequality. It explores the causes of economic inequality in modern times and its ...
Where did the phrase 'a wolf in sheep's clothing' come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts? Voiced by Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through 'The History of English' squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites, uncovering the sources of English words and phrases from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to America and the Internet. Bursting with fascinating facts, the series looks at how English grew from a small tongue into a major global language before reflecting on the future of English in the 21st century.
There are some laws against marketing junk food to children and young people on television, but those rules don't apply online. So where do kids see junk food marketing online? Let's find out...