The Open University
Is it just me, or is the Open University going down in the world? Back in the 70s when my Dad was doing his course, the programmes were famous for the lecturers wearing inadvisable ties and having scare cut hair cuts, horrific glasses and beards. But the subject matter was pretty damned chewy. I recall trying to figure out the one about topography, but then maths was never my strong suit. All I remember is the deal about adding a handle to a teapot making it topologically distinct from a torus, or something. I forget.
But anyway, from the sublime to the ridiculous: where it used to be “Foundation Stage Relativistic Doppler Effect Calculations” or whatever, today I found myself catching the end of the splendiforous “Ever Wondererd About Cheese?”…