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...study, that of increased migration to the Greek island of Lesvos during the so-called ‘migration crisis’ in Europe in 2015, as a means of appreciating the complexity of the migration issue. You will use the four key challenges to provoke new questions and to evolve a deeper understanding on this and other global development issues. This OpenLearn course is an adapted...

...studies have come to the conclusion that economic inequality hampers economic growth and is associated with a phenomenon called secular stagnation – slow average economic growth (Shen and Zhao, 2023).This is because economic growth started to ‘stagnate’ from the 1970s onwards across many countries of the Global North, and has been much less stable since then,...

...skill, delay and finesse it took to get here and for the disproportionate venom she has felt from the right and far left. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry are her political kin, after all, but garner nowhere near such emotive reactions. They could tell Bernie to just get out. She cannot. No other woman in American history has successfully...

...skills these workers used on a day-to-day basis were deployed to full effect and became a defining characteristic of the strike. This was a strike that was colourful, vibrant and full of jagged humour. Strike days and picket lines were often themed - beach day was a particular favourite. The words of well know nursery rhymes and songs were even changed to reflect their...