Three years ago, 2014 was hailed as “the transgender tipping point” – a year when trans people became more visible and better understood. Sadly, looking back…
Music is such an integral part of the Christmas season, and has been for centuries. Here senior lecturer in music, Elaine Moohan, shares some of the…
Lecturer in Economics, Alan Shipman, offers his view on what the next year has in store for the UK housing market… Judged by what they announced,…
The vaginal speculum – that creepy looking metal device used to examine the vagina and cervix – has remained largely unchanged since the 19th century. But…
Senior lecturer in psychology Lisa Lazard looks beyond the recent headlines to probe why accusations of sexual harassment and violence provoke an air of suspicion. “Inflated…
Ahead of this year’s Autumn Budget, we asked OU lecturer in personal finance, Jonquil Lowe, about one of the key issues expected to come up -…
What is a human body? This may seem a facetious question, but the answer will be very different according to which medical tradition you consult. Take…
In the light and shade of today’s internet, there are some who blame the world wide web for creating more relationship problems and increasing online cheating.…
Shortly after Catalonia’s parliament in Barcelona voted to declare independence from Spain on October 27, the senate in Madrid voted to trigger Article 155 of the…
It started with a letter. A seemingly simple request for information, sent by the Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris to university vice-chancellors. But you don’t even have…
