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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌌🔥 The #BBC and #OpenUniversity have revived their animated “History of Ideas” series with a new chapter on cosmic origins. Narrated by #GillianAnderson, the short #videos cover Thomas Aquinas’ First Mover argument, William Paley’s design theory, #Hindu #cosmology, and the #BigBang.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/animations-on-the-origins-of-the-universe-narrated-by-gillian-anderson.html

#astronomy #philosophy #science #education #universe #animation #physics #religion #mythology #learning

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌌🔥 The #BBC and #OpenUniversity have revived their animated “History of Ideas” series with a new chapter on cosmic origins. Narrated by #GillianAnderson, the short #videos cover Thomas Aquinas’ First Mover argument, William Paley’s design theory, #Hindu #cosmology, and the #BigBang.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/animations-on-the-origins-of-the-universe-narrated-by-gillian-anderson.html

#astronomy #philosophy #science #education #universe #animation #physics #religion #mythology #learning

RE: https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/116956833109340335

And apparently I am celebrating by passing my first year of uni!

D110 overall - 75%
D120 overall - 79%

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity #HigherEducation

RE: https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/116956833109340335

And apparently I am celebrating by passing my first year of uni!

D110 overall - 75%
D120 overall - 79%

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity #HigherEducation

RE: https://mastodon.social/@husseinalalak/116882958838489979

“In Exploring Homer’s Odyssey by Emma Bridges, you will get to know Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, which tells of the soldier Odysseus’ long and fantastical journey home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. You’ll meet both Penelope and Odysseus, and by exploring the mythical story of their reunion you’ll learn more about what it means to be a hero in their world as well as in our own.”

#odyssey #OpenUniversity #classics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@husseinalalak/116882958838489979

“In Exploring Homer’s Odyssey by Emma Bridges, you will get to know Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, which tells of the soldier Odysseus’ long and fantastical journey home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. You’ll meet both Penelope and Odysseus, and by exploring the mythical story of their reunion you’ll learn more about what it means to be a hero in their world as well as in our own.”

#odyssey #OpenUniversity #classics

Der Sommer ist zum Reisen da! Und natürlich zum Forschen. Letzte Woche sind Vivien Petras und @maria Gäde zu Gast an der @OpenUniversity gewesen. Neben fleißigem Schreiben gab es auch einen Abstecher ins Museum Bletchley Park, um sich mitten in der Hitzewelle kulturell weiterzubilden.
#Forschung #England #BletchleyPark #OpenUniversity

Der Sommer ist zum Reisen da! Und natürlich zum Forschen. Letzte Woche sind Vivien Petras und @maria Gäde zu Gast an der @OpenUniversity gewesen. Neben fleißigem Schreiben gab es auch einen Abstecher ins Museum Bletchley Park, um sich mitten in der Hitzewelle kulturell weiterzubilden.
#Forschung #England #BletchleyPark #OpenUniversity

Sad to learn that the "iSpot" project was ended by Open University this year. It was a cleverly-designed platform for people to help each other identify nature photos, a system that understood each user's individual expertise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISpot #openuniversity

Sad to learn that the "iSpot" project was ended by Open University this year. It was a cleverly-designed platform for people to help each other identify nature photos, a system that understood each user's individual expertise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISpot #openuniversity

The OU Framework for the Learning and Teaching of Critical AI Literacy Skills

I found this a really helpful approach from the Open University. Firstly, identify the elements of critical digital literacy the institution wants staff and students to cultivate:

Then offer staff a practical list of the actions associated with each of the elements, such as those listed for AI ethics in the report:

• Use key criteria to evaluate AI tools (e.g. functionality, accessibility, privacy,
  security, copyright).
• Engage with ethical issues related to AI, such as bias, deepfakes, copyright
  infringement, data security and privacy, with a focus on AI- based creativity.
• Consciously take account of ethical issues by acting in a way that promotes responsible use of AI, e.g. asking for consent before using personal data,
  refraining from spreading misinformation.

I think this is how you integrate programme development and staff development. The criteria can provide ILOs which can be incorporated into programme development (i.e. what does ’embedding critical AI literacy’ into teaching actually mean?) while also providing workable objectives for staff development.

OU News | #OpenUniversity
June 2026

The Open University (#OU) has joined a new UK-wide collaboration of universities and sector partners to strengthen coordinated responses to global crises affecting higher education and expand access for displaced learners. The Global Response Platform (GRP) brings together leading UK institutions to work collectively on international crisis response, enabling a more coordinated and scalable approach to […]
https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/

UNIVERSITIES PEDDLE POTENTIAL THROUGH DIGITAL DOORS

Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is hiring philosophy teachers. The Open University is also growing its free online courses for adults.

#SorbonneAbuDhabi, #OpenUniversity, #PhilosophyJobs, #OnlineLearning, #HigherEducation

https://newsletter.tf/sorbonne-abu-dhabi-seeks-philosophy-teachers-online/

Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is looking for new philosophy teachers. At the same time, The Open University is offering hundreds of free online courses and resources.

#SorbonneAbuDhabi, #OpenUniversity, #PhilosophyJobs, #OnlineLearning, #HigherEducation
https://newsletter.tf/sorbonne-abu-dhabi-seeks-philosophy-teachers-online/

..universities are PUBLIC assets private companies should be banned from investing in bc their only goal is profit & control.
they should pay their taxes instead.
the #OpenUniversity is complicit in war crimes & genocide paid for with our tuition fees.

excuses, excuses. as usual the #OU is not addressing any concerns raised openly, & by claiming this is a purely academic internal discussion they avoid the political agenda behind it all. cause let's face it, there IS one bc they allow weapons manufacturers to take seats in the university decision making bodies & fund & run the whole IT campus, to fill the public funding gap quietly privatising the university.
universities are PUBLIC assets private companies should be banned from investing in bc their only goal is profit & control.
they should pay their taxes instead.
the #OpenUniversity is complicit in war crimes & genocide paid for with our tuition fees.

https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/uncategorised/statement-from-the-open-university/

#press #news #IndependentMedia

So even if I don't submit my final assessment, I have still passed one module with 59.64%. So maybe I can chill a teeny bit about getting this final assignment right.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

So even if I don't submit my final assessment, I have still passed one module with 59.64%. So maybe I can chill a teeny bit about getting this final assignment right.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

I fucking hate that Open University have made me hate education when I used to love it - specifically when it was socially not ok to enjoy it. I fucking loved the academic side of school and college, and the teeny amount of uni I did way back.

But have they really made me hate "education"?! I think what they are doing is not by definition education...

#OpenUniversity

I fucking hate that Open University have made me hate education when I used to love it - specifically when it was socially not ok to enjoy it. I fucking loved the academic side of school and college, and the teeny amount of uni I did way back.

But have they really made me hate "education"?! I think what they are doing is not by definition education...

#OpenUniversity

Fuck it, I've submitted my assignment. It's trash and probably not what they want, but it is not gonna matter how many times I re-read their instructions and ask other people about them, because the problem is the instructions.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Fuck it, I've submitted my assignment. It's trash and probably not what they want, but it is not gonna matter how many times I re-read their instructions and ask other people about them, because the problem is the instructions.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Today on my #OpenUniversity tutorial, "You MAY be asked to look at primary sources in higher levels."

Apparently at level 3 you do have to do "some."

I've said it before and I will say it again; this isn't a university, this is a playgroup.

Today on my #OpenUniversity tutorial, "You MAY be asked to look at primary sources in higher levels."

Apparently at level 3 you do have to do "some."

I've said it before and I will say it again; this isn't a university, this is a playgroup.

omfg, for the final assignment of this year you are still explicitly not allowed any external sources. Only the module materials, i.e. the books and website info they provide. No actual studies.

How is this possibly a uni degree?

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

omfg, for the final assignment of this year you are still explicitly not allowed any external sources. Only the module materials, i.e. the books and website info they provide. No actual studies.

How is this possibly a uni degree?

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

very cool article about us in the #canary with a very cool video from us about the #OUPSG activism disrupting careers events at #BAE & #Cisco who are 2 #WeaponsManufacturers heavily involved in #genocide & dominating the #OpenUniversity, privatising it effectively from the inside out.
there's links in the article encouraging you to join in our actions & support us..

#press #IndependentMedia #news #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/18/open-university-students-protests/

very cool article about us in the #canary with a very cool video from us about the #OUPSG activism disrupting careers events at #BAE & #Cisco who are 2 #WeaponsManufacturers heavily involved in #genocide & dominating the #OpenUniversity, privatising it effectively from the inside out.
there's links in the article encouraging you to join in our actions & support us.

the #OU is the biggest online university on the planet, & we're probably the smallest protest group against #warcrimes & genocide so your help is very much appreciated!

#press #IndependentMedia #news #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/18/open-university-students-protests/

very cool article about us in the #canary with a very cool video from us about the #OUPSG activism disrupting careers events at #BAE & #Cisco who are 2 #WeaponsManufacturers heavily involved in #genocide & dominating the #OpenUniversity, privatising it effectively from the inside out.
there's links in the article encouraging you to join in our actions & support us.

the #OU is the biggest online university on the planet, & we're probably the smallest protest group against #warcrimes & genocide so your help is very much appreciated!

#press #IndependentMedia #news #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/18/open-university-students-protests/

OU receives grant to unite experts to protect the Moon through sustainable governance

https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/ou-receives-grant-to-unite-experts-to-protect-the-moon-through-sustainable-governance/

#UK
#UnitedKingdom
#OpenUniversity
#Project
#Moon
#LunarSustainability
#STEAM
#Sciece
#Technology

Has anyone here done a psychology Masters or Doctorate with the #OpenUniversity recently?

I'm wondering if their postgrad programmes are better than their undergrad, and thus whether it's worth seeing if I can switch to a postgrad with them.

Have sent off applications to London & Essex for undergrad too.

Brunel they won't accept me for the conversion MsC as they require an undergrad degree. But she said that there are Psychology Masters courses who would accept me without a degree.

Has anyone here done a psychology Masters or Doctorate with the #OpenUniversity recently?

I'm wondering if their postgrad programmes are better than their undergrad, and thus whether it's worth seeing if I can switch to a postgrad with them.

Have sent off applications to London & Essex for undergrad too.

Brunel they won't accept me for the conversion MsC as they require an undergrad degree. But she said that there are Psychology Masters courses who would accept me without a degree.

so it wasn't great but in good news she went through some feedback with me and confirmed my "this is bullshit" opinion of it.
So I have just emailed my tutor with basically a take down of their feedback and a bunch of questions given my next assignment for that module is the same thing so I need to know WTF they are marking for.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

so it wasn't great but in good news she went through some feedback with me and confirmed my "this is bullshit" opinion of it.
So I have just emailed my tutor with basically a take down of their feedback and a bunch of questions given my next assignment for that module is the same thing so I need to know WTF they are marking for.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

I am forcing myself through this absolute hellscape of an #OpenUniversity assignment.

Tutor replied to my email without answering the question I asked in it.

My student mentor says the assignment and info around it is awful.
My friends say the same.
Someone who took the same module before said the same and that they have had complaints about it.

And yet here we are...

I am forcing myself through this absolute hellscape of an #OpenUniversity assignment.

Tutor replied to my email without answering the question I asked in it.

My student mentor says the assignment and info around it is awful.
My friends say the same.
Someone who took the same module before said the same and that they have had complaints about it.

And yet here we are...

Goal for today to, hopefully, get me closer to finishing this assignment without crushing me with stress:
- write methods section (which is just a copy paste thing basically).
- write discussion section (which should help me feel better cos I can tear down how bad and pointless this study is).

Will have to wait for a reply from someone after the weekend on what the rationale for doing a study that's been done better in all ways multiple times is...

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Goal for today to, hopefully, get me closer to finishing this assignment without crushing me with stress:
- write methods section (which is just a copy paste thing basically).
- write discussion section (which should help me feel better cos I can tear down how bad and pointless this study is).

Will have to wait for a reply from someone after the weekend on what the rationale for doing a study that's been done better in all ways multiple times is...

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Uni continues to be intensely distressing, not because the academic work is hard but because I am consistently up against everything being designed for NTs.

This assignment is to write a research report, something I did at GSCE with zero problems. I even did the fucking experiment myself for GCSE!
But for this they have drip fed incomplete info, hidden some essential info in a "recap" section, and expect us to reverse engineer a report from the results data.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Uni continues to be intensely distressing, not because the academic work is hard but because I am consistently up against everything being designed for NTs.

This assignment is to write a research report, something I did at GSCE with zero problems. I even did the fucking experiment myself for GCSE!
But for this they have drip fed incomplete info, hidden some essential info in a "recap" section, and expect us to reverse engineer a report from the results data.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

oooh I am studying synaesthesia for uni this week and it is super fun and I love brains so much!

#Psychology #StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

oooh I am studying synaesthesia for uni this week and it is super fun and I love brains so much!

#Psychology #StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

I have just under 2 weeks of steroids - I'm gonna see if I can get caught up on uni totally in those 2 weeks rather than the month and a bit I've been given, being as my body and brain both work at the moment. Which is a science created miracle!

#ChronicIllness #StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

I have just under 2 weeks of steroids - I'm gonna see if I can get caught up on uni totally in those 2 weeks rather than the month and a bit I've been given, being as my body and brain both work at the moment. Which is a science created miracle!

#ChronicIllness #StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

BOOM! Assignment done (not submitted yet, I'm gonna re-read it again later) complete with rant about Queerphobia in psychological research.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

BOOM! Assignment done (not submitted yet, I'm gonna re-read it again later) complete with rant about Queerphobia in psychological research.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

Right, today is hopefully a power through 1-2 weeks of uni day as I play catch up.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

Sharing because I am humbled, honoured, proud, and galvanised - via 100% derived status - to work alongside the incredible Professor Kristina Hultgren at the #OpenUniversity on upholding #AcademicFreedom in #HigherEducation, which is being increasingly threatened.

https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-received-ps560k-ukri-funding-bold-project-democratising-higher-education

Managed 400 messy words laying down via speech to text but can't sit up long enough to edit them into something coherent and closer to the 600 limit

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

And now this:

"despite affirming the term’s historical accuracy, the OU agreed to “not use the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in any future course materials”, and to “explain and contextualise its use in existing materials for current learners”."

#OpenUniversity
#AcademicFreedom

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/academic-freedom-speech-open-university-palestine-israel

consider signing this #petition set up by one of my #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 activist student pals who are holding the #OpenUniversity to account for their active complicity in the #genocides their 'partners' are waging with our tuition fees. #BAE #Cisco #Alphabet #Google #Microsoft & others.

https://c.org/C7n6gSysqC

#press #OUcomplicity #IndependentMedia

The Open Letter to #OpenUniversity Vice-Chancellor has reached 404 signatures since 12/02/26.

It's been signed by Profs Judith Butler, Ilan Pappé, Avi Shlaim, Nur Masalha, Rashid Khalidi, @VaroufakisDE, et al.

Pls read, share, sign, if you can🙏

#AcademicFreedom
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub

@Geri Please consider sharing and signing this #OpenLetter to the #OpenUniversity:

https://docs.google.com/document/u/3/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-israel-is-trying-to-rewrite-history-and-british-institutions-risk-helping-them-do-it/

The OUPSG (#OpenUniversity #Palestine Solidarity Group https://oupalestinesolidarity.org/) has launched an Open Letter to its VC requesting a full retraction of commitments made to an Israeli lobby group (aka foreign pressure on #AcademicFreedom).

Please read, sign & share 🇵🇸

https://docs.google.com/document/u/3/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub