Society, Politics & Law
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Society, Politics & Law
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
...free trade and free labour. For the British anti-slavery abolitionists ‘coerced labour‘ (i.e. slavery) was increasingly seen as less productive than ‘free labour’ (i.e. labour exchanged for money in the free market) and this was something that would become of increasing significance for capitalist accumulation across the British colonies at the turn of the...
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Interactive Learning Hub
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Society, Politics & Law
Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
...to link the various subject areas. As part of your study you will learn to navigate an innovative and interactive module website; the perfect way to gain the study skills you’ll need to succeed in the next step in your studies. You might be interested in exploring this related free OpenLearn course: The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK. Find out more:...
Education & Development
LGBTQ Hub
Collection of free resources exploring sexuality and LGBTQ+ history across the core faculty areas within The Open University.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
...World, whether this is overcoming abuse, appeasing political troubles, embracing motherhood or being role models, women’s sport in Britain is continuing to grow and inspire future generations of women to take part and compete at all levels. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course The challenges facing women in sport Study with the OU...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Brexit and the Art of Negotiation
...free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour. The free movement of labour is what underpins many of the rights allowing the citizens of other European countries to live and work in the UK, and what allows UK citizens to live and work in Europe. But – importantly – the EU is currently arguing that these four freedoms are indivisible; the UK cannot...