Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at The OU
This is the channel of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at The Open University, a world leader in supported Open Learning.
We embody the core values of The Open University, enabling, empowering and transforming individuals, societies, and cultures through our teaching, research and engagement in dialogues across the world.
Our subjects run the gamut of human experience: Art History, Classical Studies, Development, Economics, English and Creative Writing, Geography, History, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Policy and Criminology, Politics, and Sociology.
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#Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd – BBC/OU Q&A
Face off: Insights into first impressions in real, computer-generate and AI faces
Accents in the Courtroom
Studying Sociology at the Open University
The food vs. cash transfer debate in Bangladesh (An IKD Seminar, with Dr Nabila Idris)
Iranian-Persian Gulf Relations in the aftermath of 7 October (An IKD Seminar, Prof. Mahjoob Zweiri)
The Political Economy of Hungarian Authoritarian Populism (An IKD Semianr, with Dr Samuel Rogers)
Value, Stakeholders And Financialisation: The Case Of Big Pharma Revisited
Acting White: A Black Chartered Accountant’s Perspective (An IKD Seminar, with Michelle Dube)
Study our BA (Hons) and MA degrees in Music at The Open University!
The Psychology of our Relationship with Fictional Villains
How Research Shaped NICE Depression Treatment Guidelines and Impacted Care
GCSJ Book launch: Border abolition now
Space in common? Property, waste and their colonial lives in the cosmos
Leveraging electric mobility to accelerate energy access in African countries
How far did we decolonise?
Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, and Public History - Session 3 - Education
Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, and Public History - Session 2 – Public History
Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, and Public History - Session 1 – History Writing
Empireland: Dr. Kate Donington in conversation with Sathnam Sangera
Art for a Better World Virtual Exhibition
The Religious Toleration and Peace RETOPEA H2020 project
GCSJ Roundtable: Alcohol, Violence and Harm
GCSJ seminar series: Decentring the human in social science research
How to communicate key findings to policy makers and politicians
Keynote Speech: Whose side is the law on?
Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Cape Town
Contemporary Challenges of Information and Trust
Starting from elsewhere storytelling and telling geographical stories
Tackling Multi dimensional Inequalities