2,301 search results

Mental Health: Lennox Castle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental Health: Lennox Castle

...history of the hospital, and talks to former patients and staff about their experiences during and after their time at Lennox Castle. He also reflects on the responsibilities of oral historians when gathering such personal testimonies. To complete the album, Professor Joanna Bornat of The Open University's Faculty of Health and Social Care explains why the case study was...
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...family comfortable. As well as the work, Drummond was studying, determined to earn the extra qualifications to become a headteacher. More ambition, more progress. He got new jobs at bigger schools. He was leading his family to better places. He felt like a successful leader. The perfect husband. But he wasn’t. [A man walking into the fog] If you’re a social...
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...history – such as Jean Bodin in the 1570s or Antonio Vieira in the 1650s – in the main slavery was taken for granted in moral and political philosophy. Indeed, it was not until the writings of John Woolman and his fellow Quakers that there was an organised and principled critique of slavery in Britain. The British anti-slavery abolitionist movement that is most...
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...history is. People often say the voluntary sector has distinctive value, and you’ll find out more about this and why it matters. By the end of this week, you should be able to: understand the meaning of ‘voluntary’ explain the differences between sectors explain the origins of the voluntary sector understand the idea of value and distinctiveness in relation to the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...history, the library disappeared; but how? If you are seduced by the idea of the library as a storehouse of universal knowledge, then take a moment to imagine what it would mean for all the world’s books to be lost – or even destroyed. What could possibly lead to such a calamity, and what would its effects be? Even if you take the more moderate (and, to my mind,...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before
Society, Politics & Law

The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before

...History, Swinburne University of Technology In 2015, political pundits universally agreed that Donald Trump could not win the Republican nomination. Following Super Tuesday’s results, it appears that everything we know about presidential nominating contests is wrong – Trump appears on the verge of becoming the Republican nominee. Trump is not the unifying figure his...
A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...history, and the Government controversially reversed England fracking bans to yield further energy resources amidst global supply concerns. New to OpenLearn: want to be a digital champion? Then watch these. Or do you want to make political change? Then enrol on this free course. [Blue banner says, in, out. Downing street is shaken all about] Liz Truss resigned after just...
The Life of Saint George
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint George

...history, and he is said to have been himself a great soldier. He is at this day the tutelar saint of the republic of Genoa; and was chosen by our ancestors in the same quality under our first Norman kings. The great national council, held at Oxford in 1222, commanded his feast to be kept a holiday of the lesser rank throughout all England. Under his name and ensign was...