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Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...asylum and immigration This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law...Applying social work law with children and families: References - Legislation Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 Children Act 1989 Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 Children (Scotland) Act 1995 Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act...
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...asylums; nevertheless, certain preconceptions about the illness remained. Shell shock was still associated by many with hysteria and degeneracy, and it was still generally agreed that the condition tended to affect men with a weak constitution and predisposition to mental illness. Whilst some doctors saw the illness as a genuine psychological reaction to the potentially...
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...refugee rights and the plight of displaced individuals. She represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and shared her inspiring journey as a refugee. These athletes and coaches serve as inspiring examples of individuals who have leveraged their prominence in sports to promote global citizenship values, address social issues, and make a positive impact...
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...refugees, queer people, Black people and other people of colour. [Described image] Figure 13 Top left: At a protest in Athens against the closure of borders, Afghan refugees hold signs declaring their humanity. Top right: On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a young person holds a sign that states ‘We are all humans’. Bottom left:...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...refugee, or as someone who worked for a charity or a journalist or whatever. So you go from the memoirs of you Ian MacGregor, and Margaret Thatcher, and Stella Rimmington, then Sunday Times book about the strike, which of course would be sort of a right-wing interpretation. Then there’s books about the police and about police activities, and a report by the Yorkshire...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...asylum seeker’, ‘refugee’, ‘economic migrant’, among others. Now that you have learnt about CRT in relation to leadership, you will practise applying it to a real-life example. Activity 2 Black Lives Matter and UK political leaders Timing: Allow around 20 minutes Examine the following short case study of the response of UK political leaders to Black Lives Matter...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...refugees entering the UK can distract from other issues affecting the country, related to the economy or public services. The flip side of this argument is that an anti-racist power can be built by engaging and connecting across multiple, dispersed organisations – e.g. charities working with businesses, trade unions and community groups. A counter-hegemony can work from...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...asylum law. Whichever subject area we focus on when studying law, the focus will be on an analysis of a set of rules and how these may be applied in a courtroom or how they affect society. Video 2 Discussion The academic discipline of law involves the study of the rules by which a society is governed. Its scope can include not only the study of the content and application...