Tag Archives: Arts

Competition: What have the Arts ever done for us?

Posted on December 18, 2015 by ouartsfaculty

A creative competition for the best defence of studying the Arts, open to current or past Open University students. It could be a poster, a poem, a short piece of prose, a video, or animation – whichever you feel would … Continue reading →

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The ‘Open Arts Journal’

Posted on December 16, 2013 by ouartsfaculty

The Open Arts Journal addresses the demand for a rigorously compiled, peer-reviewed platform for arts scholarship open to diverse participants. Our dissemination is global, spanning multiple communities including practitioners of art, architecture and design, curators and arts policy-makers, and researchers … Continue reading →

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AHRC CHASE PhD Studentships in Arts and Humanities

Posted on December 13, 2013 by ouartsfaculty

AHRC PhD Studentships in the Arts and Humanities The Open University Faculty of Arts Deadline: 31 January 2014 AHRC CHASE PhD Studentships The Faculty of Arts is pleased to announce Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding through the Consortium … Continue reading →

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A Framework for Supporting the Digital Humanities Seminar

Posted on November 15, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

The Digital Humanities Thematic Research Network is pleased to announce the following event in its Digital Humanities in Practice seminar series: Date: 29 November 2012 Time: 12.00pm-2.00pm Venue: Meeting room 1-2-3, Wilson A, The Open University, Walton Hall  A Framework for Supporting the Digital … Continue reading →

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‘Resources in Anti-Colonial Thought’ seminar series

Posted on November 13, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

The first seminar in a series on ‘Resources in Anti-Colonial Thought’, hosted by the English Department’s Postcolonial Literatures Research Group in collaboration with the Institute of English Studies at the University of London:   Thursday 15 November 2012, 17:30-19:00 Senate House … Continue reading →

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Writer and Associate Lecturer’s play is BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ Drama of the week

Posted on November 6, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Writer and Creative Writing Associate Lecturer Jane Purcell’s latest drama, Righteous Sisters, is the 15 Minute Drama on BBC Radio 4, 5-9 November 2012. Currently a writer at the BBC, Ms Purcell was previously writer at Channel Four, writing for … Continue reading →

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Heather Richardson’s writing workshop at 1st East Belfast Arts Festival

Posted on September 4, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Heather Richardson, author and Creative Writing tutor at The Open University in Ireland, gives a workshop in creative writing at the first East Belfast Arts Festival, which runs from 5-9 September 2012. The Inventing History workshop runs on 10.30-13.30 on … Continue reading →

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Aspirational Imagery

Posted on August 9, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Dr Paula James, Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, writes on the influence of Greco-Roman figures, motifs and allusions in a piece for the Morning Star. Dr James’s and Dr Annie Revanhill-Johnnson’s book of essays, Emblems of Hope, which brings the … Continue reading →

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Dr Nigel Warburton on Radio 4’s ‘The Philosopher’s Arms’

Posted on August 6, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Join Dr Nigel Warburton in the Philosopher’s Arms where philosophical ideas, logical dilemmas and the real world meet for a chat and a drink. “Each week presenter Matthew Sweet takes a puzzle with philosophical pedigree and asks why it matters … Continue reading →

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New ‘SoundED’ continued professional development programme launched

Posted on August 3, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Trinity College of Music, London and The Open University have launched SoundEd CPD, a new programme of professional development for Music teachers delivered through face-to-face workshops and a new interactive virtual learning environment. SoundEd CPD allows teachers to develop a … Continue reading →

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