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Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...work for fair remuneration. Box 4 Article 6(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 (ICESCR): The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right to work, which includes the right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and will take appropriate steps to safeguard this...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...work by a near contemporary of both these artists on November 10 2015—the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley—was met with an air of such disinterest (The Guardian newspaper excepted). [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley] There were brief mentions and some excerpts were read out on BBC Radio 4, but no welcoming comments appeared from government ministers...
Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list
History & The Arts

Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list

...work for the castaways to talk about their life and work. To mark the 75th birthday, we've chosen half a dozen episodes - all available to listen to now - with some of the people whose thoughts and work have shaped the world we live in. Denys Lasdun [Royal National Theatre] Royal National Theatre Denys Lasdun was a leading architect, one of the foremost Brutalist...
Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...Social Sciences for her work on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex and transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. Transcript Race Equality Charter: Lessons Learned The next session involved a presentation by Professor Marcia Wilson from the University of East London on her experience of leading a successful submission for...
Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...work of Colette Bryce...Colette Bryce was born in 1970 in Derry, Northern Ireland. The Troubles were part of everyday life for her, as a child and a teenager. She emigrated to Britain in 1988 and has since lived mainly in London and the north of England. Bryce describes emigration as a key experience in her adult life: it informs an ‘outsiderness’ in her poetry. Bryce...
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...socializing. She is currently thinking about getting work and will begin by doing jobs around the care home. Susie enjoys music, TV shows like Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and Benidorm, clothes shopping and trips out to nearby seaside resorts. With assistance from the staff in the care home, Susie has regularly holidayed in Spain and the UK and when she was younger...
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...social stimulation' and an illustration of three people] Loneliness and social isolation have long been known to seriously impact physical and mental health, quality of life and longevity. Engaging with people and the world around us and nurturing good social connections remains important. Living with others, weekly community group engagement, regular interaction with...
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...work. I think the most pressing issue when we think of identity is economy because economy overrides everything else: race, class, gender, sexual identity all become secondary to capital. This issue is exemplified when it comes to the praxis of citizenship – the complex process whereby an individual is able to acquire citizenship in a precisely justified praxis, becomes...