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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...works best within the social, political and economic conditions of any given society and not be bound by outdated or moralistic traditions. Abolitionism is a step-by-step process. Alternatives to the criminal process must be understood within the wider envelope of a commitment to social and transformative justice. Alternatives mean building a society in which the...
Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance

...work, school and even on Twitter at the hands of Donald Trump...We all have an imperative role to play in stopping bullying behaviour. But have you ever wondered what strategies we can use, both to manage our own responses to bullies, but also to maintain contexts where this behaviour is discouraged? This short interactive experience explores the psychology of bullying...
Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...working across health and social care policy and service provision. At the very least, core parameters will be set in terms of research focus and overarching aims. Secondly, the extant evidence base; hence, the all-important review of the literature to identify research priorities in the field of interest. This is explored in greater detail in another OpenLearn article in...
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...work.] [An infographic highlight the benefits of OpenLearn for earning while you learn.] [An infographic highlighting the benefits of OpenLearn for studying free courses.] [An infographic highlighting the benefits of OpenLearn for studying.] Introductory level courses in Law and Business Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Law and Business students. More Introductory...
Wales: Culture and identity
Society, Politics & Law

Wales: Culture and identity

...work, and political and cultural representation in Wales. This material forms part of The Open University course D172 Contemporary Wales... Rugby and Welsh identity Gareth Williams, professor of history at the University of Glamorgan, discusses issues in Welsh life, paying particular attention to rugby. Place and belonging in Wales Graham Day connects place, with the...
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...Social Sciences The Open University Martin Clarke's primary research interests lie in the relationships between music, theology and religious practice, and the history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely....
How staying hydrated helps us age well
Health, Sports & Psychology

How staying hydrated helps us age well

...social transformations of the twenty-first century, as virtually every country in the world is experiencing more older people in their populations. While living longer is a good thing, the number of people ageing in good health and feeling well is declining. What can we do, as individuals, to take some control of our own ageing and do all we can to stay well later in...
Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...social attitudes towards women and work. Here we have hard evidence that it was not only men who performed heavy, dangerous and dirty industrial manual labour in the Victorian coal mining industry. Moreover, as Angela V. John has shown, in the 1880s and again just before the First World War, women pit brow workers struggled to defend the legal right to perform this work...